Overview
- Intelligence and security sources told media in early August that the New IRA is planning a campaign of intimidation and violence aimed at forcing migrants to leave Ireland.
- A circulating social media video shows an unidentified man threatening migrants with ultimatums and 'civil war', and security officials say the clip is being used to publicize and intimidate.
- Law enforcement action in July resulted in the charging of 25‑year‑old law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan with possession of explosives after a device was found in a car during an operation targeting dissident activity.
- Sources say the New IRA has carried out attacks on the Police Service of Northern Ireland and an alleged car bombing at Dunmurry this year, and officials fear the campaign could prompt migrants to cross into the UK via the land border.
- The New IRA traces to the Real IRA and other dissident groups that reject the peace process, and the Home Office has said it is working closely with Irish authorities on migration and border security in response to the threat.