You wrote: "Here are links to show otherwise, though I suppose you will still have you head in the sand;"
I went to the first link. It was about a murder. ONE murder. That is quite a distance from overthrowing an entire state. I won't even bother looking at the other links because their titles tell me nothing about what you claim and I have no reason to think you were anymore accurate about them than you were the first article. Either post evidence or stop bleating.
"Reiss set to meet Rafferty family (Joeseph Rafferty was murdered by Sinn Fein/IRA)"
One murder will not overthrow Ireland's democracy.
"IRA in link to £70m property empire"
Still not enough to overthrow Ireland's democracy.
"Frank Connolly hits back at Colombia claims"
Columbia is not Ireland.
"Closely watched by two police forces, the quiet farmer who calmly looks after the IRA's millions"
I remember this article -- nothing in it hints at the IRA successfully taking over Ireland.
"Colombia Three 'not in hiding' after surprise return (How low will the Irish Government go?)"
Any hints at the IRA successfully taking over Ireland in that article?
"Sinn Fein Members Held in Money Laundering Swoop"
Any hints at the IRA successfully taking over Ireland in that article?
"Ireland: Three Sinn Fein Members in IRA"
Oh, my gosh, THREE! Well, that's it, Ireland's done for!
"Sinn Fein leaders 'sanctioned IRA's £26m bank raid'"
And Ireland collapsed afterward right?
"I'm not even going to reply to the rest of the crap on your post, all you are doing is trying to get the IRA off the hook, one thing I take issue with though;"
Look, you've utterly failed to prove what you claimed. Have you shown ANY evidence whatsoever that the IRA is poised to overthrow Ireland's democracy? Nope. Not a single shred. Why embarrass yourself this way? The IRA has exactly zero chance of ever overthrowing Ireland's democracy. ZERO. I asked for evidence. I got none. You posted links to old stories about the IRA's criminal activities -- NONE OF WHICH ARE ABOUT THE IRA OVERTHROWING IRELAND'S DEMOCRACY. You've lost.
"Could you please tell me how I am supposed to be "whinning like a little girl" by taking a hardline stance against my country's domestic terrorists and subversives?"
You're not taking a hardline. You are fantasizing. You are whinning like a hurt little girl about things that are not even happening. Take all the hardline you want against the IRA, but don't invent things that aren't happening. Come back to reality. I never left.
"You believe what you wish - Irish democracy is still in danger."
No, it isn't. If it were you would be able to present much more concrete evidence than you have. if it is in danger it will be caused by Chicken Little's like yourself who will overeact, fantasize, play make believe and otherwise embarrass yourself into creating an unstoppable IRA bogey.
"And shame on you for not condemning the Dublin riot!!"
Shame on you for thinking that I must post according to your likes. For someone so worried about democracy you seem rather demanding about how I must exercise my freedoms. The "Dublin riot" seems about as worrisome as your umbrage and as threatening as your bleating.
Comment: Alan Ruddock: Sinn Fein and the IRA are two heads of the same monster
"The Provisional IRA and some of O Snodaigh’s colleagues in the upper echelons of Sinn Fein have engaged in many, many abductions and murders over the years. That, of course, is all deemed ancient history in this brave new world of political forgiveness, but O Snodaigh’s close associates have more recent form. Niall Binead, one of his electoral workers, was arrested and convicted in late 2004 of his involvement in, among other things, an IRA spy ring that gathered intelligence on cabinet ministers and TDs. Political subversion, pure and simple."
"We have allowed ourselves to swallow the propaganda that Provisional republicanism is made up of two branches, Sinn Fein and the IRA, even though we know they are umbilically connected, sharing much the same leadership, the same goals and the same determination to subvert this state."
"Sinn Fein/IRA represents a criminal conspiracy against this state. It is immersed in crime, is engaged in intelligence gathering, may or may not have retained an armed capability, and remains wedded to its own interpretations of what constitutes a criminal act."