{"id":100052,"date":"2026-08-09T06:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/100052\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:59:12","slug":"new-ira-hatches-civil-war-plot-to-drive-migrants-out-of-ireland-as-uk-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/100052\/","title":{"rendered":"New IRA ‘hatches civil war plot to drive migrants out of Ireland’ as UK on alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New IRA is planning a violent campaign aimed at driving migrants out of Ireland, intelligence officials have warned.<\/p>\n

Security bosses fear the republican group, which succeeded the Real IRA, has been exploiting “tensions” on both sides of the Irish border.<\/p>\n

A rise in migrant crime on the island has fuelled local fury – as seen in June, when the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie, allegedly by Sudanese asylum seeker Hadi Alodid, sparked riots in Belfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Security sources told the Mail last night that the group, which still pursues a “united Ireland,” is capitalising on these grievances.<\/p>\n

There are concerns the campaign could push a fresh wave of migrants from Ireland into the UK, especially across the Northern Irish land border.<\/p>\n

A video appeared last week on social media in which an unidentified man issued threats against migrants on behalf of the IRA.<\/p>\n

“They will take control, and they will give an ultimatum, not to politicians but to the illegal migrants who are in the country,” he says.<\/p>\n

The man claimed the British Army had “respected” the IRA during the Troubles for their effectiveness and “professionalism”.<\/p>\n

\"Belfast<\/p>\n

A rise in migrant crime on the island has fuelled local fury<\/p>\n

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“It is now going to be time for civil war, and that is exactly what these guys are going to be doing and can you blame them?<\/p>\n

“This will be a major wake-up call for the authorities. These guys will show them how it’s done and give them 24 hours to leave.”<\/p>\n

The Real IRA broke away from the Provisional IRA in 1997 and later merged with the vigilante outfit Republican Action Against Drugs in 2012 to form the New IRA.<\/p>\n

The group has built links with Scottish nationalist groups in Glasgow, which help promote it through social media.<\/p>\n

MIGRANT CRISIS – READ MORE:<\/p>\n

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PICTURED: British troops on routine patrol with armoured cars in Belfast, 1973. The man claimed the British Army had “respected” the IRA<\/p>\n

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In July, 25-year-old law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan was charged with possessing explosives after a bomb was found in a vehicle in the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Irish police intercepted her during an operation focused on dissident republican activity, and a defence solicitor told the court she had been asked to take a bag to Northern Ireland without knowing its contents.<\/p>\n

A source told the Mail: “The New IRA have been very active this year in the North in attacks against the Police Service of Northern Ireland, at Lurgan police station and a car bomb at Dunmurry.<\/p>\n

“They have two aims: Irish independence and all migrants out. <\/p>\n

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PICTURED: Tents housing illegal migrants near the Office of International Protection in Dublin<\/p>\n

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“We believe it is part of a power struggle going on between factions within the group of the old IRA, the Real and the New IRA, with the new incarnations advocating a campaign of violent intimidation.”<\/p>\n

A Home Office spokesman said: “We have a close and collaborative working relationship with Ireland on migration and border security.<\/p>\n

“This includes a mutual commitment to protect the Common Travel Area from abuse, delivered through joint work to identify and tackle migration trends as they emerge.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New IRA is planning a violent campaign aimed at driving migrants out of Ireland, intelligence officials have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[667,18,16,1140,5,6,46],"class_list":["post-100052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-terrorism","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117064260850681925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}