Editing Real Irish Republican Army (section)

===Ceasefire===
Following the declaration of the ceasefire the RIRA began to regroup, and by the end of October had elected a new leadership and were planning their future direction.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|257–260}} In late December, Irish government representative [[Martin Mansergh]] held a meeting with McKevitt in Dundalk, in an attempt to convince McKevitt to disband the RIRA. McKevitt refused, stating that members would be left defenceless against attacks by the Provisional IRA.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|257–260}} In 1999, the RIRA began preparations for a renewed campaign, and in May three members travelled to [[Split (city)|Split]] in Croatia to purchase arms, which were smuggled back to Ireland.<ref name="Boyne">{{cite book |last=Boyne |first=Sean |title=Gunrunners |publisher=[[O'Brien Press]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-84717-014-9}}</ref>{{rp|381–382}} On 20 October, ten people were arrested when [[Garda Síochána|Gardaí]] raided a RIRA training camp near [[Stamullen]], County Meath.<ref>{{cite news |title=Garda chief pledges to halt the Real IRA |author=Tom Brady |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/garda-chief-pledges-to-halt-the-real-ira-394558.html |work=Irish Independent |date=22 October 1998 |access-date=15 June 2007}}</ref>

Officers found a firing range inside a disused wine cellar being used as an underground bunker, and seized weapons including an assault rifle, a submachine gun, a semi-automatic pistol and an [[RPG-18]] rocket launcher.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|314–315}} An earlier version of the rocket launcher, the [[RPG-7]], had been in the possession of the Provisional IRA from as early as 1972, but this was the first time the RPG-18 had been found in the possession of a paramilitary organisation in Ireland.<ref name="Janes2">{{cite journal |last=Boyne |first=Sean |date=23 August 2000 |title=Real IRA arms purchasing in Croatia indicates a change of tactics |url=http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/jtsm000823_1_n.shtml |journal=Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor |location=London |publisher=Jane's Information Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624035820/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/jtsm000823_1_n.shtml |archive-date=24 June 2006 |access-date=28 June 2007}}</ref>