Arrests of suspected Real IRA members a blow to group's 'already weak structures'

The arrests of two suspected members of the Real IRA in Cork is a further blow to the “already weak structures” of the group in the area, a prominent academic on dissident republicans has said.

As reported in the Irish Examiner on Wednesday, gardaí uncovered the manufacturing of “elaborate concealments” during a search of a forest area north of the city as part of an operation targeting dissident republicans in Cork.

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