eli5: What is the cause of the IRA? Are they still active, and what do the people of Ireland think of their cause?

Question

eli5: What is the cause of the IRA? Are they still active, and what do the people of Ireland think of their cause?

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Answer 1

The people of Ireland aren’t of one opinion, the IRA are a paramilitary (terrorist group) who used violence to unite the Republic of Ireland with Northern Ireland. The political wing of the IRA, Sein Fein agreed to a political solution rather than a terrorist one and the result was the Good Friday agreement.