- Saoirse na hÉireann
Saoirse na hÉireann (English: "Freedom of Ireland") is an Irish republican
paramilitary organisation that formed in 2005 and mainly contains disaffected, young, republicans, from the Belfast area. [cite web | author=Dan McGinn | title="Watchdog body says two new hardline republican groups at work in North" | work=Irish Examiner | url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2006/02/02/story142753038.asp| accessdate=13 June | accessyear=2007]In February 2006, the
Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) reported that a new republican group styling itself "Saoirse na hÉireann" (SnaÉ) had been formed, along with another organisation, "Óglaigh na hÉireann", after a split from theContinuity IRA . The report claimed the SnaÉ was responsible for a number ofhoax devices. [ [http://www.independentmonitoringcommission.org/documents/uploads/8th%20IMC%20Report.pdf Eighth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission] ]In April 2006, the IMC report that the group where recruiting members and the SnaÉ were behind a hoax bomb scare at
Down Royal racecourse in December 2005. [ [http://www.nio.gov.uk/independent_monitoring_commission_tenth_report.pdf Tenth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission] ]The IMC stated that they did not know how long the group would last and
Derry man Richard Walsh, a member of theArd Chomhairle ofRepublican Sinn Féin , claimed that he was not aware of the group's existence stating "We don't pay much attention to the IMC reports. To be honest, I have never heard of a group called Saoirse na hÉireann and I don't think that many other people have heard of them either." [cite web | author= | title="IMC split claim rejected"3 February 2006 , p.5 | work=Derry Journal | url=http://www.derryjournal.com/| accessdate=13 June | accessyear=2007]References
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