Essentially, Ireland is to the IRA what North Vietnam was to the Vietcong, Pakistan to the Afghan Mujahideen, and Iran/Syria to Hezbollah. That is, they fund the organization, provide them with weapons (much more weapons and more powerful than what any normal insurgent group would be able to obtain), allow "ratlines" which lead to Irish both in and out of Ireland coming across to Northern Ireland to fight alongside the IRA, etc.
1) How could this be done?
2) What would be the impacts of this?
1) How could this be done?
2) What would be the impacts of this?