I dont know of it all, but Im of the feeling the original Ira were just in their actions to begin with. Supressed by aristocracy from the start removing their ancient forests etc letting them starve in the mean time. By the time I was a kid the IRA was out of control and corrupt. It went down hill from the time when they fought off the black and tans on their own ground (A just action against such filth). But power is as power does and money and arms followed, people got overtaken and corrupted ,it wasnt a fight on to whos attacking, it was turned into vengeance against public figures anyone who dared stand against them, even the bombing of Londons under ground stations, targeting women and kids (There is no high ground or morals in that either way I would hate to have financed that). Now the new RA hides behind executing so called drug dealers but the exact same drugs are not being handed in, they are getting through RA channels. Its that power /money corruption thing again.

Correct me if im wrong there,by all means but thats how I understand the evolution of it.