Last Updated: January 19, 2026
New Irish Republican Army
Aliases
New IRA; nIRA
Official reason
HMT has reasonable grounds to suspect that the New Irish Republican Army (“NIRA”) is an involved person under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis that NIRA has been, and is, involved in terrorist activity on the basis that: (1) NIRA has been responsible for, engaged in and provided support for, the commission,...
Date of listing
2025-11-06
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UN, UK horizontal
Target State
Terrorism
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The government has repealed Part 1 of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA). The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020 and are intended to replace Part 1 of TAFA. This sanctions regime aims to further the prevention of terrorism in the UK or elsewhere and protect UK national ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 4 of the Regulations.
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