However, two republican splinter groups, the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) and the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), have refused to lay down their arms and have continued to undertake attacks including three murders in March of 2009.
しかし、2つの共和分裂派グループ、アイルランド共和国軍継続派（CIRA）と真のアイルランド共和国軍（RIRA）は、彼らの兵器を置くことを拒否し、2009年3月に3件の殺人を含む攻撃を行い続けた。