Continuity IRA

‘While there’s British interference, there’s going to be action’: why a hardcore of dissident Irish republicans are not giving up
In the face of scorn and contempt from former IRA members, a small number of dissident groups remain committed to armed action. What do they think they can achieve?
Marisa McGlinchey
22, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM

Irish republican says violence is counter-productive
Killings turn people away from cause, says former hardline leader Des Dalton
Henry McDonald
08, Mar, 2021 @2:07 PM

Continuity review – gripping study of Irish republican terror
In Gerry Moynihan’s monologue, recorded at the Finborough in 2017, Paul Kennedy gives a magnificent performance
Arifa Akbar
10, Jun, 2020 @3:12 PM

Continuity IRA admits Brexit day lorry bomb plot
Group planned to smuggle explosive device across Irish Sea on ferry bound for Scotland
Henry McDonald
07, Feb, 2020 @5:02 PM

Dissident republicans suspected of Brexit day plot to blow up ferry
Northern Irish police say bomb was found on lorry after tip-off about device at Belfast docks
Rory Carroll, Henry McDonald and Matthew Weaver
06, Feb, 2020 @5:32 PM

Time to rename Northern Ireland's anti-peace groups as gangsters
Media outlets should take a leaf out of the BBC’s book by refusing to refer to ‘dissident republicans’ - a term that embellishes them with a political veneer
Roy Greenslade
19, Aug, 2016 @3:33 PM

Dissident republican weapons cache uncovered in Armagh
PSNI finds terror arsenal including fully primed bomb and homemade rocket-launchers after two days of searches
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
05, Aug, 2016 @4:34 PM

Catholics main victims of Northern Ireland republican terror groups
Over last 10 years New IRA and other dissidents have mostly shot people from communities they claim to represent
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
28, Apr, 2016 @1:29 PM

Masked men lead Republican Easter Rising anniversary march
Republican Sinn Féin, which has links with Continuity IRA, commemorates 1916 Rising in Lurgan, County Armagh
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
26, Mar, 2016 @6:21 PM

Dublin weigh-in murder: doubts cast on Continuity IRA's claims of responsibility
Dublin agencies still believe gangland feud behind Friday’s murder of David Byrne at the Regency hotel
Henry McDonald in Dublin
08, Feb, 2016 @1:54 PM

Gunshots fired at police during riot in County Armagh
Petrol bombs also thrown amid disorder in Lurgan and suspect device disrupts rail services between Belfast and Dublin
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
25, Jan, 2016 @12:09 PM

Dissident republicans' arms cache found in Irish Republic
Garda unit uncovers mortars, AK47s and bomb components belonging to opponents of Northern Ireland power-sharing
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
15, Dec, 2015 @12:41 PM
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