New IRA terrorists plan to drive migrants out of Ireland with campaign of violence, intelligence officials reveal

Published: 21:24, 8 August 2026 | Updated: 21:24, 8 August 2026 Republican terrorists are plotting a campaign of violence to force migrants out of Ireland, intelligence officials have told The Mail on Sunday. The plan by the New IRA – the successor organisation to the Real IRA – comes in the wake of the disturbances on the streets of Northern Ireland in June following the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie, allegedly by Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old Sudanese asylum-seeker. Security sources say that the dissident republicans, who continue to fight for a ‘united Ireland’, are feeding off local community tensions on both sides of the border over a spike in cases of harassment, sexual assault and violence, which has been blamed on migrants. Fears have been raised that the New IRA campaign could spark a new wave of migrants fleeing from Ireland into the UK, particularly via the land border with Northern Ireland. In a video posted last week on a far-Right social media platform, an unidentified man warned that the IRA would threaten migrants with violence if they did not leave Ireland. ‘They will take control, and they will give an ultimatum, not to politicians but to the illegal migrants who are in the country,’ he says. Claiming that the British Army ‘respected’ the IRA during the Troubles for their professionalism and efficiency, the man adds: ‘It is now going to be time for civil war, and that is exactly what these guys are going to be doing – and can you blame them? This will be a major wake-up call for the authorities. These guys will show them how it’s done and give them 24 hours to leave.’ The Real IRA was formed in 1997 by disaffected members of the Provisional IRA, becoming the New IRA when it merged in 2012 with the vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs. It has formed alliances with Scottish nationalist groups in Glasgow, who promote the group though social media. Protesters clash with police in Belfast in June 2026. Republican terrorists are plotting a campaign of violence to force migrants out of Ireland The plan by the New IRA comes in the wake of the disturbances on the streets of Northern Ireland in June following the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie, allegedly by Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old Sudanese asylum-seeker In July, a 25-year-old law student was charged with the possession of explosives after a bomb was discovered in a car in the Republic of Ireland. Isobella Perrie Sullivan was intercepted by Irish police as part of an operation targeting dissident republican activity. A defence solicitor told a court his client had been asked to take a bag to Northern Ireland and had not been aware what was in it. A source said: ‘The New IRA have been very active this year in the North in attacks against the Police Service of Northern Ireland, at Lurgan police station and a car bomb at Dunmurry. ‘They have two aims: Irish independence and all migrants out. We believe it is part of a power struggle going on between factions within the group of the old IRA, the Real and the New IRA, with the new incarnations advocating a campaign of violent intimidation.’ Many local communities across Ireland complain that the Irish government has ignored the strains being placed on housing, public services and society from high levels of migration. A Home Office spokesman said: ‘We have a close and collaborative working relationship with Ireland on migration and border security. ‘This includes a mutual commitment to protect the Common Travel Area from abuse, delivered through joint work to identify and tackle migration trends as they emerge.’