>>513984712Anon, I am telling you, they're gone.
>all those hidden armouries removedThe doomsday bunkers that still exist are mostly OIRA aligned, not PIRA, and are full of dogshit communist weapons. Meanwhile, in reality, the (heavily armed) PSNI regularly raids Republican neighbourhoods for weapons.
>The IRA was supposed to disarm but refused...because it was demanded as step 1 to them getting to talks. The disagreed. They were admitted to talks, and THEN disarmed.
>whatever remnants of the IRA that still exist have successfully held out long enough to keep them intactYou say you don't know much about loyalists-I would say you likewise share an ignorance of Republicans, because Republican paramilitaries are such a non-issue that they openly hold parades and guards of honour and nobody gives a fuck.
It's not half as clandestine as you think. Here's the QRD;
>Continuity IRASplit from the Provisional IRA after 1986 General Army Convention. Technially been active since, but they do fuck all and barely exist anymore. Never really did much killing beyond a PSNI officer.
>New IRAMerger of the "Real IRA" (split from Provos in 1997) and Republican Action Against Drugs (guys who kneecap drug dealers). Links to Saoradh, a socialist group.
>Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)Disarmed in 2010, still exists mostly via the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) who are mostly active in Belfast and Derry.
>"Óglaigh na hÉireann"Split from the Real IRA after an internal feud. Never had more than a few dozen members, disbanded and was replaced by the "Irish Republican Movement" which has done fuck all squared since.
The ONLY one of these of any note anymore is the "New IRA" which does indeed exist and is large+armed, but they are also very well known to authorities. They shot a PSNI Detective in 2023 and six of them were immediately arrested for it.