In September 2005, the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning announced that the Provisional IRA had fully decommissioned its weapons. The decommissioning process, which was supervised by the Commission, was a major milestone in the peace process. The IRA's full decommissioning was a significant step towards the normalization of politics in Northern Ireland.

The IRA's decommissioning is a subject of political poetry, with writers reflecting on the end of the armed struggle. The decommissioning is often contrasted with the violence of the past, creating a sense of closure. The poetry of the period reflects the hope and optimism of the peace process, a theme that would persist in the literature of the mid-2000s.