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The group calls itself simply "the Irish Republican Army". [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The New IRA has launched many attacks against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the British Army . It is the largest and most active of the " dissident republican " paramilitary groups waging a campaign against the British security forces in Northern Ireland .
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
6 March: The New IRA were blamed for shooting Peter Butterly dead in Gormanston, County Meath allegedly retaliation for the killing of RIRA member Alan Ryan. [197] 8 October: The New IRA shot Kevin Kearney dead in North Belfast, claiming he was a drug dealer. His body was found in a lake in Alexandra Park. [198]
Richard Barrett (1899–1922), Irish Republican officer who was executed by the Free State during the following Civil War.; Kevin Barry (1902–1920); Tom Barry (1897–1980), a prominent figure on the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
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The Continuity Irish Republican Army (Continuity IRA or CIRA), styling itself as the Irish Republican Army (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann [6]), is an Irish republican paramilitary group that aims to bring about a united Ireland.
A seven-year investigation of a former Irish Republican Army double agent concluded Friday in an interim report that the spy was probably responsible for more deaths than lives saved during ...