Dissident republican

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

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Dissident republicans (Irish: poblachtach easaontach)[1] 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,[2] 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 an 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 Republican Network for Unity, 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 described as dissident republican

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### Paramilitary

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* Arm na Poblachta
* 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) (2009-2018)
* Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA)

### Political

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* 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM)
* Irish Republican Voice (IRV) (disbanded 2014)
* Republican Network for Unity (RNU)
* Republican Sinn Féin (RSF)
* Saoradh

## References

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1. ^ "Dissident - Translation to Irish Gaelic with audio pronunciation of translations for dissident by New English-Irish Dictionary". New English-Irish Dictionary.
2. ^ "Is Isil the greatest terror threat?". Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2024. "It is estimated some 3,530 people died during the Troubles on all sides and more than 47,500 were injured."

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Real Irish Republican Army and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement

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* The Troubles
* Northern Ireland peace process
* Mitchell Principles
* Good Friday Agreement
* Dissident republican
* Dissident Irish republican campaign

Attacks|

* 1998 Banbridge bombing
* Omagh bombing
* 2000 MI6 attack
* 2001 BBC bombing
* 2001 Ealing bombing
* 2001 Birmingham bombing
* Massereene Barracks shooting
* 2010 Newry car bombing
* Death of Lyra McKee

Personalities|

* Bernadette Sands McKevitt
* Michael McKevitt
* Liam Campbell
* Seamus Daly
* Colm Murphy
* Gareth O'Connor
* Andrew Burns
* Gary Donnelly
* Marian Price
* Colin Duffy

Associates|

* Republican Action Against Drugs

Derivatives|

* Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group)

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Continuity IRA and Republican Sinn Féin

General|

* The Troubles
* 1986 Sinn Féin Ardfheis
* Abstentionism
* Irish republican legitimatism
* Éire Nua
* Saoirse Irish Freedom
* Dissident republican
* Dissident Irish republican campaign
* CIRA actions

Personalities|

* Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
* Dáithí Ó Conaill
* Éamonn O'Doherty
* Billy McKee
* Seán Ó Brádaigh
* George Harrison
* Dan Keating
* Joe Stynes
* Seán Cunningham
* Seán Keenan
* Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin
* Des Dalton
* Josephine Hayden
* Martin Corey

Associates|

* Cumann na mBan
* Fianna Éireann
* Republican Clan na Gael
* National Irish Freedom Committee
* Cabhair
* National Commemoration Committee

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