It has a cabinet of ministers (which it calls secretaries), a nascent court system and a network of local government bodies. It even claims control over Óglaigh na hÉireann, the official Irish name of the Defence Forces. In a 2023 meeting of its “supreme council”, members agreed there was no need for the “spilling of blood”. But this was an actual seal, rather than the harp used by the modern IRB. Confused civil servants and court officials began receiving a deluge of documents adorned with the ornate wax seals of the IRB.

Source: The Irish Times August 23, 2025 14:44 UTC