AdmITs kIllINg jouRNAlIsT lyRA mckee

> The group has admitted killing journalist Lyra McKee with a chance to boost its drive against British rule in Northern Ireland. >The killing has raised fears that small militant groups are exploiting political vacuum in the province. > The New IRA is far smaller than the Irish Republican Army which disarmed after the peace accord. > The group was formed in 2012 after three of the four main nationalist groups merged.

> The group has been responsible for many other attacks also.