People seem to forget about the UDF, british army, RIC and the UDA and the terror they caused when talking about the IRA. Black and Tans anyone???...
I'm not for the IRA dont get me wrong ,they basically are a terrorist group now. But the OLD IRA are the group that were fighting for freedom and reconised by the Dail. Now basically all these para groups , both republican and loyalist, are drug dealers and killers.
IRA are 'technically' not active in Northern Ireland. Which is bulshit. The UDA is nowerdays the most active Paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.