‘Rising events may be used for attacks’ warn gardaí

Garda bosses are concerned that dissident republicans might use the 1916 Rising celebrations to launch an attack in the North.

Garda security chiefs said dissident groups posed a “very real threat” and that their technical capabilities were becoming more “sophisticated”.

Assistant commissioner John O’Mahony, who heads the Garda crime and security branch, said that while the number of dissidents were small, they were “very focused”.