{{Short description|Irish republicans opposed to the 1998 peace agreement that ended the Troubles}} {{Use Irish English|date=March 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Irish republicanism|Concepts}}
'''Dissident republicans''' ({{langx|ga|poblachtach easaontach}})<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/dissident |title = Dissident - Translation to Irish Gaelic with audio pronunciation of translations for dissident by New English-Irish Dictionary |work=New English-Irish Dictionary}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |last=Whitehead |first=Tom |date=24 November 2014 |title=Is Isil the greatest terror threat? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11250534/Is-Isil-the-greatest-terror-threat.html/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125074436/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/11250534/Is-Isil-the-greatest-terror-threat.html |archive-date=25 November 2014 |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=The Daily Telegraph |quote="It is estimated some 3,530 people died during the Troubles on all sides and more than 47,500 were injured."}}</ref> 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 a Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994 and to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 April 2018 |title=Good Friday Agreement timeline of key events |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/good-friday-agreement-timeline-of-key-events/36792138.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Mark |date=28 March 2023 |title=Good Friday Agreement: Gerry Adams praises David Trimble's peace bravery |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65091509 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Mainstream republicans, represented by Sinn Féin, supported the Agreement as a means of achieving Irish unity peacefully.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Defending the Good Friday Agreement' |url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/15243 |access-date=1 March 2025 |website=Sinn Féin |publication-date=23 September 1999}}</ref> Dissidents saw this as an abandonment of the goal of an independent Irish republic and acceptance of partition.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hoey |first=Paddy |date=7 January 2019 |title=Dissident and dissenting republicanism: From the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement to Brexit |journal=Capital & Class |publisher=Conference of Socialist Economists |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=73-87 |doi=10.1177/030981681881808 |quote=This tradition of fractious factionalism became concentrated again in this period because the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement effectively solidified partition and delivered few of the key political aspirations of the Republican movement.}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goulding |first=Stephen |last2=McCroy |first2=Amy |year=2021 |title=Representing the (un)finished revolution in Belfast's political murals |journal=Critical Discourse Studies |volume=18 |issue=5 |page=557 |doi=10.1080/17405904.2020.1777176 |quote=Dissident Republican is an umbrella terms for splinter groups who (1) rejected the constitutional compromise accepted by PIRA in the GFA in 1998; and, (2) view the PSNI as an illegitimate, imperial paramilitary group.}}</ref>
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 Irish Republican Socialist Party, wish to achieve their goals only through peaceful means.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |author-link=Henry McDonald (writer) |date=11 October 2009 |title=Irish National Liberation Army to disband and give up weapons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/11/northern-ireland-republican-group-disband |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ross |first=F. Stuart |year=2012 |title=It Hasn't Gone Away You Know: Irish Republican Violence in the Post-Agreement Era |journal=Nordic Irish Studies |publisher=Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=65-66 |eissn=2002-4517 |jstor=41702636 |oclc=9980256269 |jstor-access=}}</ref>
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 currently described as dissident republican== ===Paramilitary=== *Arm na Poblachta (ANP)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=10 September 2023 |title=Dissident republicans in Northern Ireland - what do they want? An explainer |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/09/10/news/dissident_republicans_in_northern_ireland_-_what_do_they_want_an_explainer-3601504/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Irish News}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Reinisch |first=Dieter |date=24 August 2023 |title=Who are the dissident republican groups behind PSNI data threats? |url=https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0824/1401370-dissident-republican-groups-northern-ireland-psni-data-breach/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=RTÉ News}}</ref> *Continuity Irish Republican Army (Continuity IRA)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> *Cumann na mBan *Fianna Éireann<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reinisch |first=Dieter |date=16 Sep 2020 |title=Teenagers and young adults in dissident Irish republicanism: a case study of Na Fianna Éireann in Dublin |journal=Critical Studies on Terrorism |publisher=Routledge |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=702-723 |doi=10.1080/17539153.2020.1820207 |issn=1753-9161|hdl=1814/68409 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> *Irish Republican Liberation Army (IRLA)<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2007 |title=Dissident republican group has LVF links |url=http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2007/dec11_LVF_IRLA_links.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410023054/http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2007/dec11_LVF_IRLA_links.php |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Irish News |via=Nuzhound}}</ref> *Irish Republican Movement (IRM)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Allison |date=12 April 2018 |title=Breakaway dissident group issues 'execution' threat |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/04/12/news/breakaway-dissident-group-issue-threat-1302442/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Irish News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 2019 |title=Man arrested over violent dissident republican activity |url=https://www.derrydaily.net/2019/05/25/man-arrested-over-violent-dissident-republican-activity-2/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Derry Daily}}</ref> *New Irish Republican Army (New IRA)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> *Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2016 |title=Dissident group Óglaigh na hÉireann 'show of strength' in Co Derry |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/dissident-group-aglaigh-na-ha0ireann-show-of-strength-in-co-derry-770940 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006172929/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/dissident-group-oglaigh-na-heireann-show-of-strength-in-co-derry-1-7503979 |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Derry Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Allison |date=18 September 2024 |title=Violence fears as dissidents split over ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’ name |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/the-beltel/violence-fears-as-dissidents-split-over-oglaigh-na-heireann-name/a422265211.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>
===Political=== *32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM)<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=30 October 2008 |title=Dissident republicans form new ‘forum for unity’ |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30384008.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2016 |title=Dissident republican protest against west Belfast Edward Carson UVF mural |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dissident-republican-protest-against-west-belfast-edward-carson-uvf-mural/34572371.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Maurice |date=25 February 2025 |title=An “appalling act of intimidation” - Dissidents slated over policing meeting protests |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/appalling-act-intimidation-dissidents-slated-31080483 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Belfast Live}}</ref> *Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland (AIA){{cn|date=February 2026}} *Glór na hÓglaigh (GNH)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-04 |title=Glór na hÓglaigh 1916 commemoration held in west Belfast |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/glor-na-hoglaigh-1916-commemoration-held-in-west-belfast-F7MP7OJTHNCNFPNXOO2KL4LWHQ/ |access-date=2026-04-08 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref> *Irish Republican Prisoners' Welfare Association (IRPWA)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Madden |first=Andrew |date=22 March 2024 |title=Dissident group to protest outside Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly’s constituency office |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dissident-group-to-protest-outside-sinn-fein-mla-gerry-kellys-constituency-office/a344314961.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref> *Irish Republican Resistance (IRR)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrne |first=Pádraig |date=5 March 2024 |title=Dissident Republican group launch Wexford ‘recruitment’ campaign calling people to ‘resist in any form necessary’ |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/wexford-district/dissident-republican-group-launch-wexford-recruitment-campaign-calling-people-to-resist-in-any-form-necessary/a1177029490.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Irish Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mullan |first=Kevin |date=25 May 2021 |title=Heavy Derry focus in David Seymour’s latest anti-terror law report - violent republican activity and PSNI counter-measures reviewed |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/crime/heavy-derry-focus-in-david-seymours-latest-anti-terror-law-report-violent-republican-activity-and-psni-counter-measures-reviewed-3249952 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Derry Journal}}</ref> *Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Reinisch |first=Dieter |date=24 September 2021 |title=Will Brexit increase the threat from dissident republicans? |url=https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0204/1027467-will-brexit-increase-the-threat-from-dissident-republicans/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=RTÉ News}}</ref> *Lasair Dhearg<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradfield |first=Philip |date=29 September 2022 |title=Dissident republican group Lasair Dhearg slammed for ‘intimidating’ letter sent to every Northern Ireland school about PSNI ‘gunmen’ |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/dissident-republican-group-lasair-dhearg-slammed-for-intimidating-letter-sent-to-every-northern-ireland-school-about-psni-gunmen-3860027 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The News Letter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=25 Years of The Good Friday Agreement |url=https://www.lasairdhearg.com/25-years-of-the-good-friday-agreement/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Lasair Dhearg |language=en-US}}</ref> *Republican Network for Unity (RNU)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kula |first=Adam |date=24 February 2025 |title=Shooting victim sought help on foot say police - Republican Network for Unity says victim is one of its senior members |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/shooting-victim-sought-help-on-foot-say-police-republican-network-for-unity-says-victim-is-one-of-its-senior-members-5004648 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The News Letter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bonner |first=Kelly |date=17 February 2017 |title=Anti-illegal scrambler ads dropped after republican pressure |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-39005393 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref> *Republican Sinn Féin (RSF)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |author-link=Henry McDonald (writer) |date=8 March 2021 |title=Irish republican says violence is counter-productive |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/07/irish-dissident-republican-urges-armed-groups-to-forgo-violence |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |quote=Republican Sinn Féin and its military allies in the Continuity IRA (CIRA) are the oldest of the dissident republican organisations.}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=23 August 2010 |title=Who are the dissident republicans? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-10732264 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref> *Saoradh<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kearney |first=Vincent |date=24 September 2016 |title=Dissident republicans launch new political party - Saoradh |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37463414 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O’Doherty |first=Caroline |date=22 April 2019 |title=Dissident republican group Saoradh undeterred by criticism of marches |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30919192.html |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
== Groups previously described as dissident republican ==
=== Paramilitary ===
* Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)<ref name=":3" /> (Armed campaign ended in 2009)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 October 2009 |title=INLA ends campaign of violence |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/122814-inla/ |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=RTÉ News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 October 2009 |title=INLA says armed struggle over |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/inla-says-armed-struggle-over-1.847535 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Irish Times}}</ref> * Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA)<ref name=":3" /> (merged into the New IRA in 2012)<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |author-link=Henry McDonald (writer) |date=26 July 2012 |title=Republican dissidents join forces to form a new IRA |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jul/26/ira-northern-ireland-dissident-republican-groups |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> * Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD)<ref name=":3" /> (merged into the New IRA in 2012)<ref name=":4" />
=== Political ===
* Irish Republican Voice (IRV) (disbanded 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foy |first=Ken |date=6 February 2014 |title=Rows tear Republican group apart |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/rows-tear-republican-group-apart/29986358.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143017/http://www.herald.ie/news/rows-tear-republican-group-apart-29986358.html |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Herald}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{RIRA/32CSM}} {{CIRA/RSF}} Category:Dissent Category:Dissident Irish republican campaign Category:Irish republicanism Category:Northern Ireland peace process Category:Politics of Northern Ireland