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In April 2016, Gardaí arrested two significant members of the New IRA and seized €10,000. [31] In April, 2016, explosives linked to the New IRA were found in Dublin and several people were questioned by police. [32] The New IRA declared that all criminals were legitimate targets after Alan Ryan's brother, Vincent Ryan, was shot dead. [33]
3 March: The New IRA were blamed for an attempted mortar attack on a Derry police station. The PSNI stopped a van containing four mortars and the roof partly removed to allow the mortars to be fired. Two men were arrested at the scene, including the van driver and a motorcyclist following the van, while another man was arrested shortly after.
The Slovak Three [1] [note 1] were Irishmen Michael Christopher McDonald, Declan John Rafferty and Fintan Paul O'Farrell, [2] who were members of the Real IRA.They were arrested in a sting operation in Slovakia conducted by British security agency MI5 in 2001 after they were caught attempting to buy arms for their campaign.
Around 100 IRA and INLA members were then arrested in Derry on his evidence, of whom 35 were charged with terrorist offences. [14] In November, Gilmour's father was abducted by the IRA. He was held in secret in an unknown location for almost a year. [15] Gilmour was then sent to Cyprus and then Newcastle by the RUC.
Former Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey won't face criminal liability on accusations of participating in a dark money scheme to solicit contributions for a successful petition effort ...
The Provisional IRA in the Republic of Ireland was very active in the country during the Troubles (1969–1998). The country was seen as a safe haven for IRA members who used it to flee from British security forces, organize training and homemade weapons, and conduct attacks on British or Loyalist targets in nearby Northern Ireland, England, and even continental Europe.
All three men were cleared of conspiracy to aid terrorists and to commit murder. They were later sentenced on the less serious smuggling charge. [77] The IRA leadership denied knowledge of the arms buys. In April 2002 it was reported in media outlets that the IRA had bought at least twenty Russian AN-94 assault rifles in Moscow in late 2001 ...
The investigation is difficult because the police services of the different countries do not work together. It seems that the authorities are training the investigative activities. After an arrest, the case seems solved, but a mysterious female member of the IRA cell, Fiona Hughes, is still missing.