Irish Examiner view: New IRA must not be successful

A mural of Lyra McKee in Belfast city centre. The New IRA, which is one of a number of dissident groups, claimed responsibility for her murder. Picture: David Young

It will take all the resources and ingenuity of An Garda Síochána to ensure that the so-called New IRA is not successful in its reported recruitment drive south of the border.

The New IRA is said to be involved in a “significant” recruitment drive in Dublin after a series of major policing operations in Northern Ireland have put the terrorist organisation under severe pressure.