Inside The IRA “This morning, another IRA kills 1 and injures 40.” This statement is all too familiar in the news of Britain and Northern Ireland. The IRA, or Irish Republican Army, is a terrorist paramilitary group that opposes the connection between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and refuses to recognize British Authority in Northern Ireland. The IRA has launched campaigns of terror through almost thousands of Bombings, guerilla warfare, and assassinations and attempted assassinations against Britain and Northern Ireland that led to chaos, anarchy, and the total collapse of the Northern Ireland government in 192