The New IRA is the primary focus of the PSNI's major investigation into the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh, Co Tyrone last night. Here we look at the origins and current activities of the violent Republican dissident group.
THE NEW IRA is the primary focus of the PSNI’s major investigation into the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh, Co Tyrone last night.
Saoradh denies the links with the New IRA’s violence but a member of its group was charged with the attempted murder of two police officers in a bomb attack in Strabane last November. “The lengths that they are going to in an attempt to normalise the Crown Forces is like none ever seen before and it can only be seen as accepted if it is allowed to continue.”
Also in the crowd that day were a number of plain clothes Special Detective Unit gardaí – taking note of and walking alongside attendees. They watched the speeches and walked behind the group as they made their way to Arbour Hill to lay wreaths for the dead leaders of The Rising. An issue now for law enforcement both North and South of the border is that the Good Friday Agreement and the broader peace process led to a fracturing of armed Republican groups.
Sources said there has been an effort by the various dissident groups to build a concerted and coordinated campaign with groups amalgamating into the New IRA. While it is difficult to get an absolute figure on membership levels, sources believe there could be upwards of 200 hardcore people involved, with other disparate elements orbiting around it.
Violent strategy In April 2022, following a Saoradh-organised event at a Derry cemetery, PSNI officers were attacked. The PSNI alleged then that it was an orchestrated attack by the New IRA. When the New IRA launches attacks, the security services in the North are quick to make arrests. The PSNI has already arrested three men for the shooting of the Detective Chief Inspector in Omagh last night.
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