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Elite gardaí now monitoring 13 separate dissident IRA cells as major bomb attack across border is thwarted and elite terror cops deliver chilling revelation
Irish police have revealed they are currently monitoring 13 separate dissident republican cells across the country, amid concerns over continued paramilitary activity linked to splinter groups from the IRA. The disclosure came as gardaí said they had thwarted a major bomb plot targeting a location across the Irish border, underlining the ongoing security threat posed by dissident factions more than two decades after the Good Friday Agreement.
Specialist officers involved in counter-terrorism operations described the scale of the threat as significant, with the 13 cells reportedly operating with varying degrees of capability and intent. Full details of the foiled bomb attack, including the intended target and those arrested or questioned, were not fully provided in the available report, though the case has been described by gardaí as a serious and credible threat that was successfully disrupted before it could be carried out.
In short
- Gardaí monitoring 13 dissident IRA cells across Ireland
- Major cross-border bomb attack reportedly thwarted by police
- Terror units warn of ongoing dissident republican threat
Explained simply
Dissident republican groups are splinter organisations that broke away from the main Irish Republican Army and reject the Good Friday Agreement, the peace accord signed in 1998 that ended most large-scale violence in the conflict over Irish independence and partition. These groups argue the agreement compromised their objectives and continue paramilitary activities, positioning themselves outside mainstream Irish politics and state institutions.
Irish police, called An Garda Síochána or gardaí, monitor organisations assessed as security risks to the state. More than two decades after the Good Friday Agreement was signed, these dissident cells remain active across Ireland with varying levels of organisation and operational capability.
Dissident republican organisations have periodically carried out attacks since the 1998 accord, leading security services to maintain ongoing surveillance operations. Counter-terrorism work forms part of An Garda Síochána's broader responsibility for protecting public safety against groups that reject constitutional and democratic methods of pursuing their political objectives.
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