mo4ch:>Is Brexit to blame for the uptick in Northern Ireland violence, and what is the ‘New IRA’? | Mo4ch News
The murder of journalist Lyra McKee and a spate of recent incidents of violence attributed to the ‘New IRA’, have sparked fresh worries about social unrest in Northern Ireland — but how great is the threat, and is Brexit to blame?The dissident republican group calling itself the ‘New IRA’ has admitted responsibility for the killing of McKee last week during riots with police forces in the border city of Derry. The group was also blamed for a car bomb attack outside a Derry courthouse in January and six nights of rioting in the city last summer, the worst violence the region had seen in years.Many have suggested that Brexit tensions are to blame for the recent uptick in violence, but that reasoning is “too simplistic,” Irish journalist Danielle Ryan said. While Brexit has acted as somewhat of a “catalyst” for the recent unrest, “the tense political and social situation in the north far precedes Brexit — and the history is much too complicated to boil this new wave of violence down to a…