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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.
28 February – 1985 Newry mortar attack: an IRA mortar attack on the Newry RUC station killed nine officers and injured thirty-seven. [31] 7 December – Attack on Ballygawley barracks: the IRA launched an assault on the RUC barracks in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Two RUC officers were killed and the barracks was completely destroyed. [32]
The Warrenpoint ambush, [9] also known as the Narrow Water ambush, [10] the Warrenpoint massacre [11] or the Narrow Water massacre, [12] was a guerrilla attack [13] by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979.
The La Mon restaurant bombing was an incendiary bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 17 February 1978 and has been described as one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. [1] [2] It took place at the La Mon House hotel and restaurant, near Belfast.
There was "earnest endeavour" made to bring those responsible for the IRA's La Mon bombing, in which 12 people died, to justice, a report by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland (PONI) has found.
March 1994: Heathrow mortar attacks: The IRA launched a series of mortar attacks on Heathrow Airport near London. The attacks caused severe disruption but little damage. 26–27 July 1994: A group of Palestinians detonated two car bombs in London, one outside the Israeli embassy [46] and one outside Balfour House, home to a Jewish charity. The ...
8 March - 1973 Old Bailey bombing - The Provisional IRA conducted their first operations in England exploding two car bombs in the center of London. One bomb exploded outside the Old Bailey Courthouse, injuring 180 people and one man later died from a heart attack, the bomb exploded near Whitehall injuring about 30 other people, bringing the total injured for the day to over 200.
The Shankill Road bombing was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 23 October 1993 and is one of the most well-known incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The IRA aimed to assassinate the leadership of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA), supposedly attending a meeting above Frizzell's fish shop on ...