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Police raid of Dean Morrice’s home found stockpile of chemicals and cache of terrorism manuals.
New IRA says border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target for attack’. In an interview with Channel 4 News, the group said it was committed to ‘armed actions’ against border infrastructure – and ‘the people who are manning them’.
Brexit is helping the New IRA to recruit young supporters and continue its campaign of violence, senior members of the paramilitary organisation have said.
They said: 'We fully accept we cannot defeat the British militarily... but we will continue to fight for as long as they remain here'. / The New IRA, the paramilitary group behind the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, has said it will use Brexit tensions to recruit new members.
Counter-terror chief raises ‘deep concerns’ as key crime-fighting tools will be lost.
PSNI assistant chief constable George Clarke says no deal could be a "clarion call" for violent dissident republicans.
Northern Ireland customs worker re-homed after threat from loyalist paramilitary group as Brexit tensions rise
30/03/2021
The relocation of the Port of Larne worker and his family is believed to be the first following a death threat from terrorists since 2011
Police on both sides of the open border fear if checkpoints return after Brexit they could become a target for militant groups opposed to peace in the region.
Northern Ireland terror threat downgraded but Brexit tensions and threats of renewed violence remain
29/03/2022
The signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998 brought an end to decades of extreme political violence in Northern Ireland. But more than 20 years later, the peace process still faces threats and both loyalist and republican paramilitary groups continue to operate.
Panel including former US envoy appeals to UK and Irish governments to work together on paramilitary disbandment.
Northern Ireland: Government were warned of terrorist threat over Brexit sea border, claim security sources
25/03/2021
A “credible threat” from loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland may have had an influence on the Government’s decision to unilaterally extended the Brexit “grace period”, security sources and leading politicians have claimed.
Street disorder linked to Brexit has led to speculation about a resurgence of activity, says the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) report.
‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational.
Police holiday restricted amid fears Brexit could trigger terror attacks in Northern Ireland
15/10/2019
We've put arrangements in place to maximise our own ability to stand on our own two feet,' says assistant chief constable.
Preparations being made at ‘every port and access point from Europe’, senior officer say.
A no-deal Brexit could prompt a year-long upsurge in dissident republican violence in Northern Ireland, a senior police commander has said.
St Andrews terrorism expert ‘extremely worried’ about Brexit ignorance at ‘highest levels’ of British government
05/10/2019
The director of Europe’s oldest research centre on terrorism is “extremely worried” about the prospect of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
Sylvia Hermon warns no-deal Brexit will lead to 'greater violence' by dissident republicans
27/09/2019
An independent unionist MP has warned the British Government that a no-deal Brexit will lead to "greater violence" by dissident republicans along the border which will spark a "backlash" from loyalists.
The United Kingdom’s Brexit plan appears to have prompted a wave of attacks from the so-called New IRA, a dissident group that never accepted the peace agreement signed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army two decades ago.
“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. / Theresa May has ridiculed Michael Gove’s claim that Brexit could give intelligence and law enforcement services the power to “intensify” the security they provide for the UK.
The UK will be less safe if it fails to strike a post-Brexit security deal with the EU, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has said.
UK could lose right to share security and business data with EU after Brexit, minister admits
16/06/2020
Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.
Former security commissioner warns of ‘immediate impact’ on tackling terrorism and crime.
‘There are certainly instruments that we may not have access to’, Foreign Secretary says - after police chiefs warned of ‘major impact on counter-terrorism’
Former terror law reviewer David Anderson warns of serious impact on fight against cross-border crime.