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The New IRA claimed responsibility and said it also planted an "anti-personnel device" nearby, targeting members of the security forces. [222] 18 June: The New IRA was blamed for planting a booby-trap bomb under the car of a married couple, both of whom are PSNI officers, in Eglinton. It was found and defused by the security forces. [224]
This new entity was named the New IRA by the media [1] but members continue to identify themselves as simply "the Irish Republican Army". [2] Small pockets of the Real IRA that did not merge with the New IRA continue to have a presence in the Republic of Ireland, particularly in Cork and to a lesser extent in Dublin. [3]
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 COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Ireland, it has resulted in 1,751,841 cases and 9,789 deaths, as of 30 November 2024. [12] [3]
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.
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17 December – The NPHET recommended to the Government that the period of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions from 18 December be shortened to the end of the year as COVID-19 cases rise. [ 229 ] 18 December – Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan warned that Ireland must take immediate action to stop the spread of COVID-19 over the Christmas period.