Massereene Barracks Shooting

Date: March 7, 2009 • Location: Antrim, United Kingdom

The dissident Irish republican campaign began in 1994 towards the end of the Troubles, a 30-year political conflict in Northern Ireland. Since the Provisional Irish Republican Army called ceasefires in 1994 and 1997, breakaway groups opposed to the ceasefire and to the peace agreements have continued a low-level armed campaign against the security forces in Northern Ireland. Dissident republicans have targeted the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the British Army in gun and bomb attacks as well as with mortars and rockets. They have also carried out bombings that are meant to cause disruption. However, their campaign has not been as intensive as the Provisional IRA's and political support for dissident groups is "tending towards zero".