Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
Intelligence officials are warning that a group of Republican extremists in Ireland, known as the New IRA, is preparing a campaign of violence to drive migrants out of the country, complete with talk of civil war and 24-hour ultimatums.
The claims, amplified across major outlets this weekend, arrive at a moment when frustration with mass migration and the crimes linked to it has reached boiling point on both sides of the border.
Whether the threat is as advanced as portrayed, or whether the timing serves to tar ordinary opposition to open borders with the brush of terrorism, remains an open question.
New IRA terrorists plan to drive migrants out of Ireland with campaign of violence, intelligence officials reveal https://t.co/EJsYzQtnfb
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) August 8, 2026
Security sources told the Mail on Sunday that the New IRA has two aims: Irish independence and "all migrants out."
One source stated: "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 grou
