Intelligence officials have reportedly warned that the New IRA is planning a violent campaign intended to intimidate migrants and drive them out of Ireland. The allegation is significant because it suggests dissident republican militants may be seeking to exploit anti-immigration tensions and broaden their targets beyond traditional political or security interests.

The report says the group’s strategy would involve violence against migrants, although the scale, timing and specific methods of any planned attacks were not detailed in the supplied text. The New IRA is a dissident republican organisation opposed to the Northern Ireland peace settlement and has previously been linked to attacks on police and security targets.