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Dissident republican

Irish republicans opposed to the 1998 peace agreement that ended the Troubles

Summary

Irish republicans opposed to the 1998 peace agreement that ended the Troubles

Dissident republicans () are Irish republicans who do not support the Northern Ireland peace process. The peace agreements followed a 30-year conflict known as the Troubles, in which over 3,500 people were killed and 47,500 injured, and in which republican paramilitary groups such as the Provisional Irish Republican Army waged a campaign to bring about a united Ireland. Negotiations in the 1990s led to a Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994 and to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Mainstream republicans, represented by Sinn Féin, supported the Agreement as a means of achieving Irish unity peacefully. Dissidents saw this as an abandonment of the goal of an independent Irish republic and acceptance of partition. They hold that the Northern Ireland Assembly and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are illegitimate and see the PSNI as a British paramilitary police force.

Some dissident republican political groups, such as Republican Sinn Féin and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, support political violence against the British security forces and oppose the Provisional IRA's 1994 ceasefire; other groups, such as the Irish Republican Socialist Party, wish to achieve their goals only through peaceful means.

Since the IRA ceasefire, splinter groups have continued an armed campaign against the British security forces in Northern Ireland. Like the Provisional IRA, each of these groups sees itself as the only rightful successor of the original IRA and each calls itself simply "the IRA", or Óglaigh na hÉireann in Irish (see also Irish republican legitimism).

Groups currently described as dissident republican

Paramilitary

  • Arm na Poblachta (ANP)
  • Continuity Irish Republican Army (Continuity IRA)
  • Cumann na mBan
  • Fianna Éireann
  • Irish Republican Liberation Army (IRLA)
  • Irish Republican Movement (IRM)
  • New Irish Republican Army (New IRA)
  • Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group) (ONH)

Political

  • 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM)
  • Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland (AIA)
  • Irish Republican Prisoners' Welfare Association (IRPWA)
  • Irish Republican Resistance (IRR)
  • Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)
  • Lasair Dhearg
  • Republican Network for Unity (RNU)
  • Republican Sinn Féin (RSF)
  • Saoradh

Groups previously described as dissident republican

Paramilitary

  • Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) (Armed campaign ended in 2009)
  • Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA) (merged into the New IRA in 2012)
  • Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) (merged into the New IRA in 2012)

Political

  • Irish Republican Voice (IRV) (disbanded 2014)

References

References

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  5. "'Defending the Good Friday Agreement'".
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  7. Goulding, Stephen. (2021). "Representing the (un)finished revolution in Belfast's political murals". Critical Discourse Studies.
  8. McDonald, Henry. (11 October 2009). "Irish National Liberation Army to disband and give up weapons". [[The Guardian]].
  9. Ross, F. Stuart. (2012). "It Hasn't Gone Away You Know: Irish Republican Violence in the Post-Agreement Era". Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies.
  10. (10 September 2023). "Dissident republicans in Northern Ireland - what do they want? An explainer". [[The Irish News]].
  11. Reinisch, Dieter. (24 August 2023). "Who are the dissident republican groups behind PSNI data threats?". [[RTÉ News]].
  12. Reinisch, Dieter. (16 Sep 2020). "Teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republicanism: a case study of Na Fianna Éireann in Dublin". [[Routledge]].
  13. (12 December 2007). "Dissident republican group has LVF links". [[The Irish News]].
  14. Morris, Allison. (12 April 2018). "Breakaway dissident group issues 'execution' threat". [[The Irish News]].
  15. (25 May 2019). "Man arrested over violent dissident republican activity". Derry Daily.
  16. (1 August 2016). "Dissident group Óglaigh na hÉireann 'show of strength' in Co Derry". [[Derry Journal]].
  17. Morris, Allison. (18 September 2024). "Violence fears as dissidents split over ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’ name". [[Belfast Telegraph]].
  18. (30 October 2008). "Dissident republicans form new ‘forum for unity’". [[Irish Examiner]].
  19. (25 March 2016). "Dissident republican protest against west Belfast Edward Carson UVF mural". [[Belfast Telegraph]].
  20. Fitzmaurice, Maurice. (25 February 2025). "An “appalling act of intimidation” - Dissidents slated over policing meeting protests". Belfast Live.
  21. Madden, Andrew. (22 March 2024). "Dissident group to protest outside Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly’s constituency office". [[Belfast Telegraph]].
  22. Byrne, Pádraig. (5 March 2024). "Dissident Republican group launch Wexford ‘recruitment’ campaign calling people to ‘resist in any form necessary’". [[Irish Independent]].
  23. Mullan, Kevin. (25 May 2021). "Heavy Derry focus in David Seymour’s latest anti-terror law report - violent republican activity and PSNI counter-measures reviewed". [[Derry Journal]].
  24. Reinisch, Dieter. (24 September 2021). "Will Brexit increase the threat from dissident republicans?". [[RTÉ News]].
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  26. "25 Years of The Good Friday Agreement".
  27. Kula, Adam. (24 February 2025). "Shooting victim sought help on foot say police - Republican Network for Unity says victim is one of its senior members". [[News Letter.
  28. Bonner, Kelly. (17 February 2017). "Anti-illegal scrambler ads dropped after republican pressure". [[BBC News]].
  29. McDonald, Henry. (8 March 2021). "Irish republican says violence is counter-productive". [[The Guardian]].
  30. (23 August 2010). "Who are the dissident republicans?". [[BBC News]].
  31. Kearney, Vincent. (24 September 2016). "Dissident republicans launch new political party - Saoradh". [[BBC News]].
  32. O’Doherty, Caroline. (22 April 2019). "Dissident republican group Saoradh undeterred by criticism of marches". [[Irish Examiner]].
  33. (11 October 2009). "INLA ends campaign of violence". [[RTÉ News]].
  34. (11 October 2009). "INLA says armed struggle over". [[The Irish Times]].
  35. McDonald, Henry. (26 July 2012). "Republican dissidents join forces to form a new IRA". [[The Guardian]].
  36. Foy, Ken. (6 February 2014). "Rows tear Republican group apart". [[The Herald (Ireland).
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