The PIRA conducted a campaign of bombings and shootings in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until 1998, and its political wing, the modern Sinn Féin party, used to insist that the Irish Republic was still legally in existence, with the Provisional IRA as its national army, and the IRA Army Council Ireland's sole legitimate government.
O IRA Provisional (PIRA), levou a cabo unha campaña de bombardeos e tiroteos en Irlanda do Norte dende finais dos anos 1960 até 1998, e o seu brazo político, o moderno partido Sinn Féin, adoitaba insistir en que a República Irlandesa seguía existindo legalmente, sendo o IRA o seu exército nacional, e o Consello Armado do IRA o único goberno lexítimo.