RIRA

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RIRA is a dissident Irish republican paramilitary organization that split from the Provisional IRA and is known for its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
RIRA canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican paramilitary group
dissident republican paramilitary organization
terrorist organization
activeIn Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Real IRA
Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA faction)
armedCampaignAgainst British Army
British security forces
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
casualtiesCaused 29 people killed in Omagh bombing
countryOfOrigin Ireland
Northern Ireland
dateOfEvent 1998-08-15
declaredCeasefire 1998 (temporary, after Omagh bombing)
2010 (claimed end to armed campaign)
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy European Union
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
factionOf dissident Irish republican movement
formationYear 1997
goal end of British sovereignty in Northern Ireland
united Ireland
hasSplitOffGroups New IRA
ideology Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
republican socialism
languageOfName Irish
nameMeaning Irish Volunteers
notableAttack Omagh bombing
opposedTo British rule in Northern Ireland
Good Friday Agreement
Provisional IRA ceasefire
participation of Sinn Féin in power-sharing institutions
peace process in Northern Ireland
recruitsFrom Irish republican communities
responsibilityClaim Omagh bombing
shortName RIRA
splitFrom Provisional Irish Republican Army
status largely inactive as centralized organization after 2010
usesCoverName Óglaigh na hÉireann
usesTactics armed attacks
bombings
shootings

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Real Irish Republican Army shortName RIRA
subject linked to: RIRA