Chronology of Continuity Irish Republican Army Actions - 2008

2008

• 2 January : A CIRA unit fired a volley of shots over the grave of ex-RSF President Dan Keating at Kiltallagh Cemetery. The event was carried out to coincide with what would have been his 106th birthday.
• 13 February : The IMC said the CIRA was responsible for orchestrating rioting and public disorder in Newry and Craigavon, during which PSNI officers came under attack from youths armed with bricks, bottles, stones and paintbombs.
• 22 March : CIRA members fired a volley of shots at a commemoration in Edencork, County Tyrone.
• 14 June : The CIRA claimed responsibility for an attempted a landmine attack on a PSNI patrol-car in Rosslea, County Fermanagh. The landmine partially exploded as the car passed, injuring two officers.
• 19 July : The CIRA threatened to shoot civil servants from Northern Ireland's Driver & Vehicle Agency for co-operating with the PSNI.
• 16 August: The CIRA claimed responsibility for firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a PSNI patrol in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. It partially exploded, lightly hurting three officers.
• 25 August and 26 August : The IMC blamed the CIRA for orchestrating civil disturbances, hijackings and rioting in Craigavon, County Armagh. It said that it believed the CIRA tried to lure police officers into positions where they could be attacked. A number of shots were fired during the disturbances.
• 4 October : The IMC blamed the CIRA for a roadside bomb near Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh.
• 5 November : The CIRA claimed responsibility for a blast-bomb attack against Lurgan PSNI base. There were no injuries.
• 26 November : The CIRA issued threats against community workers who co-operate with the PSNI in north Belfast.