1998–present insurgency in Northern Ireland by republicans opposed to the Good Friday Agreement
For a timeline of the campaign, see Timeline of Real Irish Republican Army actions, Timeline of Continuity IRA actions, and Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group).
Dissident Irish Republican Campaign
Map of Ireland
Date
1996 – present
Location
Northern Ireland, with occasional violence in the Republic of Ireland and England
Status
Ongoing
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Police Service of Northern Ireland (since 2001)
Royal Ulster Constabulary (1998–2001)[N 1]
British Army (1998–2007)[N 2][1][2]
Republic of Ireland
Garda Síochána
Dissident republican paramilitaries
Arm na Poblachta (since 2017)
Continuity IRA (since 1986)
Real IRA (1997–2012)[N 3]
Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group) (2009–2018; ceasefire)
Unknown, small 250–300 Real IRA members (2012 estimate)
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Dissident Irish republican campaign
1998 Banbridge bombing
Omagh bombing
2000 MI6 attack
2001 BBC bombing
2001 Ealing bombing
2001 Birmingham bombing
2006 Dublin riots
Massereene Barracks shooting
Murder of Stephen Carroll
2010 Newry car bombing
Palace Barracks bombing
Murder of Ronan Kerr
Murder of David Black
Bishop Street Courthouse bombing
Murder of Lyra McKee
Shooting of John Caldwell
The dissident Irish republican campaign began at the end of the Troubles, a 30-year political conflict in Northern Ireland. Since the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or PIRA) called a ceasefire and ended its campaign in 1997, breakaway groups opposed to the ceasefire and to the peace agreements ("dissident Irish republicans") have continued a low-level[4][5] armed campaign against the security forces in Northern Ireland. The main paramilitaries involved are the Real IRA, Continuity IRA and formerly Óglaigh na hÉireann. They have targeted the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)[N 4] and the British Army in gun and bomb attacks as well as with mortars and rockets. They have also carried out bombings that are meant to cause disruption. However, their campaign has not been as intensive as the Provisional IRA's, and political support for groups such as the Real IRA is "tending towards zero".[4]
In 2007, the government declared the end of Operation Banner, ending the four-decade long deployment of the British Army in Northern Ireland. As a result, the PSNI has since been the main target of attacks.
To date, two British soldiers, two PSNI officers and two Prison Service guards have been killed as part of the republican campaign. At least 50 civilians (and former combatants) have also been killed by republican paramilitaries,[citation needed] 29 of whom died in the Omagh bombing carried out by the Real IRA.
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^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Strength of Police Service Statistics". Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ abMcKittrick, David (19 August 2009). "The Big Question: How active is the Real IRA, and what can the security forces do about it?". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^"Long says report shows backing for Alliance's shared future ideas". Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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