Security checkpoints and customs bases in Northern Ireland after Brexit will become targets and a ‘recruiting badge’ for dissident republican groups, MPs have warned. It came after MI5 carried out an investigation into the terrorism threat linked to ‘installations or infrastructure at the border’ with the Irish Republic. The intelligence agency said it feared the New IRA could become a more dangerous threat in the future. Security checkpoints and customs bases in Northern Ireland after Brexit will become targets and a ‘recruiting badge’ for dissident republican groups, MPs have warned MI5 carried out an investigation into the terrorism threat linked to ‘installations or infrastructure at the border’ with the Irish Republic MPs on the Commons intelligence and security committee released a report into Northern Ireland terrorism concluding that security and customs bases would ‘increase the risk of political violence in border areas’. They also warned that dissident republican groups, including the New IRA, were recruiting ‘significant numbers of young people’. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Neo-Nazi farmer, 58, who ‘wanted to kill Remainers’ after… EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is… Share this article Share The report stated: ‘Any infrastructure erected at the Irish border to handle customs or… Read full this story
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