Now the IRA are good guys?

Tim Russo appears to believe it.

If they are good guys compared to the jihadists, Stalin was a good guy in comparison to Hitler. The IRA has made many, many promises, al of which they have broken when it suited them. They have been involved in the drug trade, bank robbery, assassination, and the murder of the innocent. They also helped train Al Queda (I'm not sure how you spell it, nor do I give a damn).

So they don't blow themselves up? Whoopee! They blow other people up.

You can't trust people who can't be trusted.