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The Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire in 1997 and formally ended its armed campaign in July 2005, although security assessments in 2015 and 2020 revealed it still existed.
The Official IRA (OIRA), the remainder of the IRA after the 1969 split from the Provisionals, was primarily Marxist in its political orientation. It is now inactive, while its political wing, Official Sinn Féin, became the Workers' Party (Ireland).
Irish Republican Army, republican paramilitary organization seeking the establishment of a republic, the end of British rule in Northern Ireland, and the reunification of Ireland. It was created in 1919. Learn more about the IRA, including its history.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), a paramilitary group in Northern Ireland that was supposedly disbanded in 1998 following the Good Friday peace agreement, still exists, a report...
The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA (RIRA), was a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that aimed to bring about a United Ireland. It was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional IRA by dissident members, who rejected the IRA's ceasefire that year.
The New IRA is distinct from the Provisional IRA, the Republican paramilitaries who fought in The Troubles. The Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire in 1997 and formally ended its armed...
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 ...
It is "pre-emptive" to talk of the end of the New IRA after its alleged leadership was targeted by MI5 and the PSNI, high-level security sources say.
The New IRA was established in 2012 when members of the Real IRA, Republican Action Against Drugs and a number of independent republicans came together.
Northern Ireland’s Troubled Peace. As the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, a Belfast family instead grieved. By Charles M. Sennott. Seamus Murphy / VII / Redux....