Ireland what next

**waraelm** · March 10, 2009, 02:44 PM

im sure everyone has heard of the the recnet attacks in northen ireland which has lead to 4 peopel being wounded 2 british soliders dead and one police officer killed. these attacks have been done by IRA splinter groups who continue the IRA's old radical views. now whilst its very good to see people like shinfane condeming these attacks and whislt these people supposldy have no support form the irsh people (somthing i highly dout). do you think these attacks will continue and get worse??? i personally think that they will continue but will be nothnig compared to the old problems a decade or so ago. but what does everyone here think??

**Adhamh Ashashi** · March 10, 2009, 03:31 PM

Won't make a difference. I am totally for the 6 counties back but the IRA are using old tactics and don't have the firepower.

Nothing they can do except upset a few families...... kind of useless.

**waraelm** · March 10, 2009, 04:00 PM

call me a consprist but if hardly anyone lieks these groupd supposdly why havent heard about these terriost being caught by some comamando team and being gunned down, beacuse that what they used to do.

**cristophe el perno** · March 10, 2009, 04:22 PM

The attacks are tragic, but it's not a question of 'what next?'. The IRA (whichever factions is still going) no longer has the arms and fighters, and crucially the popular support to carry out any effective campaign of violence.
This will hopefully be an isolated incident, anf wont prevent the rest of NI from seeking peace and prosperity on democratic terms.
Even Sinn Fein condemned the attacks.

**Hookah Smoking Caterpiller** · March 10, 2009, 05:32 PM

Nuke the Lepricauns!

**IrishHitman** · March 11, 2009, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Modern Life is Rubbish

Nuke the Lepricauns!

It is spelt "leprechaun".

**~~The Devil's Sergeant~~** · March 11, 2009, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by IrishHitman

It is spelt "leprechaun".

When you have nukes, you call spell it any way you want.

**waraelm** · March 11, 2009, 01:19 PM

they dont exist. also whats shocking is that mi5 dont have a clue how these groups are getting recruits.

**cristophe el perno** · March 11, 2009, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by waraelm

they dont exist. also whats shocking is that mi5 dont have a clue how these groups are getting recruits.

They aren't getting many. Crackpots in NI are decidedly a minority now - estimates as to the number of active republican paramilitaries run at about 300.

**~~Arch-hereticK~~** · March 11, 2009, 01:55 PM

Thats in the north probably, there's plenty of violent types in the south(now unemployed) who see it as their patriotic duty to get really drunk, sing old IRA songs, make blood oaths with every able-bodied man in the room to take the north back and show off a gun their grandad used to drive the black-and-tans from New Ross or something. You know that old chestnut.

**Azog 150** · March 11, 2009, 02:01 PM

Well hopefully the perpetrators will be tracked down and brought to justice. However, the biggest threat at the moment is revenge attacks from Loyalest paramilitaries- if that happens then we can see a return to the Troubles (Not to the same extent though).

However, if we catch the suspects soon, and the Loyalists refrain, then it will probably go back to peace, although it will be a bit more uneasy this time round.