Editing Real Irish Republican Army (section)

===2007–2011===
[[File:Bogside (21), August 2009.JPG|thumb|Real IRA graffiti in [[Bogside]], Derry]]
On 8 November 2007, two RIRA members shot an off-duty PSNI officer as he sat in his car on Bishop Street in [[Derry]], causing injuries to his face and arm.<ref name="BBC-PSNI-1211">{{cite news |title= Policeman injured in gun attack |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7091544.stm |work= BBC News |date= 12 November 2007 |access-date=12 November 2007 }}</ref> On 12 November another PSNI member was shot by RIRA members in [[Dungannon]], County Tyrone.<ref name="BBC-PSNI-1211"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Real IRA admits shooting officer | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7095156.stm | publisher = BBC | date = 14 November 2007 | access-date = 14 November 2007}}</ref> On 7 February 2008, the RIRA stated that, after experiencing a three-year period of reorganisation, it intended to "go back to war" by launching a new offensive against "legitimate targets".<ref name="resumption">{{cite news | title = Mackey slams Provos as RIRA vows resumption of violence | author = Adrian Mullan | url = http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/349259728115496.php | newspaper = [[Ulster Herald]] | date = 7 February 2008 | access-date = 29 July 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616191412/http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/UH/free/349259728115496.php |archive-date = 16 June 2008}}</ref> It also, despite having apologised for the [[Omagh bombing]],<ref name="apology">{{cite web | title = Real IRA apologises for Omagh bomb | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/northern_ireland/focus/153629.stm | publisher = BBC | date = 18 August 1998 | access-date = 29 July 2010}}</ref> denied any large scale involvement with the attack and said that their part had only gone as far as their codeword being used.<ref name="resumption"/> On 12 May 2008 the RIRA seriously injured a member of the PSNI when a booby trap bomb exploded underneath his car near [[Spamount]], County Tyrone.<ref>{{cite web | title = Officer hurt by booby-trap bomb | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7397420.stm | publisher = BBC | date = 13 May 2008 | access-date = 22 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Murder bid admitted by Real IRA |author=Diana Rusk |url=http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/540/5860/2008/5/16/587806_345515892637Murderbid.html |newspaper=[[The Irish News]] |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=22 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210101742/http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/540/5860/2008/5/16/587806_345515892637Murderbid.html |archive-date=10 February 2009 }}</ref> On 25 September 2008 the RIRA shot a man in the neck in [[St Johnston, County Donegal|St Johnston]], near the [[County Londonderry]] border.<ref name="stj">{{cite news | title = Pipe-bomb target previously shot by RIRA | work = The Irish News | date = 29 October 2008}}</ref> The same man was targeted in a [[pipe bomb]] attack on his home on 25 October, the RIRA did not claim responsibility for the attack, but security forces believe they were responsible for it.<ref name="stj"/>

On 7 March 2009, the RIRA claimed responsibility for the [[2009 Massereene Barracks shooting]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Real IRA was behind army attack | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7930995.stm | publisher = BBC | date = 7 March 2009 | access-date = 7 March 2009}}</ref> This shooting occurred outside the [[Massereene Barracks]] as four soldiers were receiving a pizza delivery. Two soldiers were killed, and the other two soldiers and two deliverymen were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7931260.stm|title= How the barracks attack unfolded|date=8 March 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 March 2009}}</ref> On 3 April 2009, the RIRA in Derry claimed responsibility for carrying out a [[Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland|punishment shooting]] of a man who was awaiting sentencing for raping a 15-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/Dissidents-claim-shooting.5138953.jp | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120525122757/http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/Dissidents-claim-shooting.5138953.jp | archive-date = 25 May 2012 | title = Dissidents claim shooting | date = 3 April 2009 | newspaper = [[Londonderry Sentinel]] }}</ref> The RIRA were also blamed for orchestrating rioting in the [[Ardoyne]] area of Belfast on 13 July 2009 as an [[Apprentice Boys of Derry|Apprentice Boys]] parade was passing. Several PSNI officers were injured in the rioting and at least one shot was fired at police.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8148955.stm |title=Real IRA blamed for Belfast riots |date=14 July 2009 |work=BBC News}}</ref> In early November, the Independent Monitoring Commission released a report stating that the threat from the RIRA and other dissident republicans was at its most serious level since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7cseWGI0agG0RPjh5CBHQbWOyTAD9BONUPO0 |title=Report: IRA dissidents pose a threat to Northern Ireland |date=4 November 2009 |agency=Associated Press}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

When drug dealer Sean Winters was shot dead in [[Portmarnock]], north Dublin, in September 2010, the Real IRA "emerged as the chief suspects". They were also suspected of shooting dead drugs gang leader Michael Kelly in [[Coolock]] in September 2011.<ref name="ryan">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0908/breaking8.html |title=Funeral for Real IRA member |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=8 September 2012 |access-date=5 October 2012 |archive-date=9 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909072345/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0908/breaking8.html }}</ref>

On 5 October 2010, a car bomb exploded outside a branch of the [[Ulster Bank]] on Culmore Road in [[Derry]]. Two police officers were slightly injured in the blast, which also damaged a hotel and other businesses. Several telephone warnings were received an hour prior to the blast allowing police to cordon off the area.<ref>{{cite web | title = Real IRA claims responsibility for Derry car bombing | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11477073 | work = BBC News | date = 5 October 2010 | access-date = 16 December 2011}}</ref> The RIRA later claimed responsibility in a telephone call to the ''[[Derry Journal]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1005/breaking1.html | title = Real IRA claims Derry bombing | date = 10 May 2010 | newspaper = The Irish Times | access-date = 20 February 2020 | archive-date = 22 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061543/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1005/breaking1.html }}</ref>

A large Real IRA explosives dump and arms cache were discovered in [[Dunleer]], County Louth by Gardaí in October 2010, following a weekend of searches and arrests in the east of the country.<ref>{{Cite news|title=This article is more than 9 years old Irish police find explosives and arms dump in blow to dissident republicans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/12/irish-police-arms-explosives-find|last=McDonald|first=Henry|date=12 October 2010|access-date=11 June 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In addition, two Real IRA men were charged in Dublin's non-jury Special Criminal Court of membership of an illegal organisation.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The Real IRA claimed responsibility for kidnapping and shooting dead of one of their members, Kieran Doherty, for alleged drug dealing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26315595 |title=Kieran Doherty: Appeal four years after Real IRA murder |work=BBC News |date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Further seizures of the group's arms and explosives by the Gardaí in 2012 and 2013 led to over a dozen more arrests.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/dissident-republican-seizure-dublin-988889-Jul2013/ |title=Dissident arms seizure includes golden gun |work=The Journal |date=11 July 2013}}</ref> In 2011 Michael Campbell, brother of Liam, was found guilty in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]], of trying to purchase arms and explosives<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8206384.stm|title=Vilnius 'Real IRA' trial to open|date=18 August 2009|access-date=18 August 2009|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> and was sentenced to twelve years in prison. In October 2013 Campbell was freed on appeal, only to have the [[Supreme Court of Lithuania]] order a retrial in June 2014.{{update inline|date=April 2019}} Campbell has maintained his innocence, accusing British intelligence of attempting to frame him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/michale-campbell-retrial-1539602-Jun2014/ |title=The Irishman accused of Real IRA gun-running in Lithuania is to face a retrial |newspaper=Irish News |date=27 June 2014}}</ref>