New IRA looking to capitalise on disillusionment

Sources believe the New IRA, formed in 2012, was the largest dissident group, adding its members were a mix of older people who been members of the Provisional IRA and younger dissidents, some of whom were only infants, or not yet born, when theThe New IRA is strongest in Derry and is effectively a combination of several groups, including the Real IRA and Republican Action Against Drugs; the latter specialising in beating and kneecapping suspected drug dealers.

“We’d say they are lingering and looking for opportunities,” said one source. “Something like Brexit certainly has the power to galvanise them and spur them on, especially if there was ever a hard border to attack.” Another source said that, for example, any future significant dip in support for Sinn Féin in parts of Belfast or Derry because of a disillusionment with mainstream republicanism may result in higher numbers of people, predominantly young men, drifting towards extremism.

As well as the incendiary devices sent to Britain last week, the New IRA was responsible for a car bomb in Derry in January. It was also regarded as stirring unrest in Derry last summer when young people clashed with the PSNI.

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