Arm na Poblachta (ANP) (meaning in English "Army of the Republic") is the name of a small,[1] dissident, Irish-republican paramilitary group believed to have been founded in 2017.
[2][3][4] This militant group known as the ANP, emerged in 2017 by claiming responsibility for planting an improvised explosive device on Pantridge Road in Belfast.
[6][7] It is also believed that Arm na Poblachta were responsible for the 2018 shooting death of Antrim resident Raymond Johnston.
[13] One former police officer reportedly said that the threats made by the ANP could deter young PSNI recruits from staying in the force or joining.
[17] According to an article in the Sunday World newspaper, of April 2023, unnamed sources claimed that the ANP were "desperate" to kill someone, in order to prove that they are "not the Mickey Mouse outfit they have been labelled".