Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland and create an independent socialist republic. It emerged in December 1969 from a split in the IRA and was the most active republican group during the Troubles. It waged a guerrilla and bombing campaign against British forces, killing over 1,700 people. The IRA declared a ceasefire in 1997, decommissioned weapons in 2005, and its political wing Sinn Féin participated in the Good Friday Agreement.
CRIMENET has extracted 51 linkages for this organization, including 28 cooperative ties across 9 organizations, 12 conflicts across 4 organizations, 11 other connections and footprints in 6 countries.
More than A$20,000 were sent per year to the Provisionals from supporters in Australia by the 1990s.
Canadian supporters did not just fundraise and import weapons, but also smuggled IRA and Sinn Féin members into the United States
the IRA had bought weapons from arms dealers linked to Estonia's volunteer defence force, Kaitseliit
the Osnabrück mortar attack on a British Army base in Germany
carried out a bombing campaign in Northern Ireland and England against military, political and economic targets
Irish Americans (both Irish immigrants and natives of Irish descent) also donated weapons and money.