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13 April 1972: The IRA detonated a car-bomb on Main Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim. Despite a warning to evacuate the area, a Protestant civilian, Elizabeth McAuley (aged 64), was killed. [53] 13 April 1972: A car showroom was utterly destroyed in Belfast after a car bomb was driven into the parking area by an IRA volunteer, who gave the alarm.
The Thiepval Barracks bombing was a double car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 October 1996. The bombs exploded inside Thiepval Barracks, the British Army headquarters in Northern Ireland.
30 January: the IRA detonated several bombs in the centres of Belfast and Lisburn causing extensive damage. [182] [183] [184] 31 January: the British Army defused a car bomb left on Springfield Drive, Belfast. [184] 31 January: Two armed and masked IRA men planted a bomb in Clancy's Tavern on Main Street in Belleek.
15 June 1988 - Derek Green (20), Michael Winkler (31), Mark Clavey (24), Graham Lambie (22), William Paterson (22) and Ian Metcalfe (36), off duty members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb attached to their minibus, Market Place, Lisburn. (See 1988 Lisburn van bombing).
At the salvage yard, the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another. Some yards keep inventories in their offices, listing the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of a vehicle can be recycled and used for other purposes.
Lisburn West is a proposed railway station planned for the Knockmore area of Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1] Originally proposed in 2014, [ 2 ] early plans suggested that it would serve the Belfast–Newry railway line between Lisburn and Moira .
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [6] It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, signed earlier in the year.
Moira station is the oldest building on the NI Railways network today having been opened on 18 November 1841. [4] The old, now redundant, signal box stands over the station on the Southbound side. Situated near the M1 motorway , the station is popular amongst commuters from the surrounding area, with over 330,000 passengers boarding or ...