Will the recent Attacks by the continuity IRA and The real IRA scupper the Political alliance?
It depends on the adversary. At the minute they are putting on a brave face, and putting out public announcements such as “No Going Back” etc. However this “novelty” period has been well rehearsed by the MLA’s for this kind of eventuality, but if the groups involved are as organised and determined as they say they are, then the politicians will fade into the background. Its worth remembering that in 800years there have been countless “quiet” periods of 10, 20 and 30 yrs here and there, and each time rebellion re-emerged they were frowned upon, Irish history has a tendancy to repeat itself, eg. since partition, Collins took a political split from the IRA in 1921 and the OIRA fought on, the OIRA divided into the Provos in ’69, the Provos and O’Bradaigh divided in ’86, and the Provos divided into the “AdamsGFA brigade” and the dissidents in ’98. The Movement divides like cells and always has done since the early days of the United Irishmen and the Fenians. One thing that is certain is tha
