Date Day Action Protester State/target Agent Event Country Location Issue Link date Time # Protesters Arrests Injuries Deaths Prop. Damage # State Injuries State killed OSD Source Story date No event found 1-Jan-87 Thu symbolic DUP UK light bonfires on hilltops across Ulster UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Anglo-Irish accord 11/15/85 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/2/87 2-Jan-87 Fri attack PIRA government UK troops double mortar attack on army base UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 1/2/87 3-Jan-87 Sat no event 4-Jan-87 Sun no event 5-Jan-87 Mon no event 6-Jan-87 Tue no event 7-Jan-87 Wed no event 8-Jan-87 Thu assassination PIRA DUP shoot & wound a leader of DUP UK/Northern Ireland Portadown Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 1/9/87 9-Jan-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb kills 1 & injures 2 police UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen Irish unity 20:00 3 0 0 0 Y 3 2 1 102701 Reuters 1/10/87 10-Jan-87 Sat no event 11-Jan-87 Sun no event 12-Jan-87 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse 450 kg bomb under construction UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 102701 Reuters 1/12/87 13-Jan-87 Tue no event 14-Jan-87 Wed no event 15-Jan-87 Thu no event 16-Jan-87 Fri no event 17-Jan-87 Sat no event 18-Jan-87 Sun no event 19-Jan-87 Mon no event 20-Jan-87 Tue strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers Loyalists walk out as N.I. minister visits UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 0.5 hour 200 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/21/87 21-Jan-87 Wed no event 22-Jan-87 Thu no event 23-Jan-87 Fri no event 24-Jan-87 Sat demonstration INLA government police "at funeral of INLA fighters shot in Ireland, clash with police" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 1/21/87 301 9 0 0 Y 301 1 0 102701 Reuters 1/25/87 25-Jan-87 Sun no event 26-Jan-87 Mon assassination PIRA government UDR soldier shot dead on his doorstep UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 1/26/87 26-Jan-87 Mon arrest DUP government police arrest DUP hardliner for refusal to pay tax UK/Northern Ireland Belfast tax protest 1 1 0 0 N 8 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/26/87 27-Jan-87 Tue no event 28-Jan-87 Wed no event 29-Jan-87 Thu no event 30-Jan-87 Fri petition Loyalists UK Queen petition for referendum on Anglo-Irish accord UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Anglo-Irish accord 400000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 500000 Reuters 1/30/87 30-Jan-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police car bomb injures 4 police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 4 0 102701 Reuters 1/30/87 31-Jan-87 Sat no event 1-Feb-87 Sun no event 2-Feb-87 Mon no event 3-Feb-87 Tue demonstration INLA government police funeral for wife of INLA leader shot in Ireland UK/Northern Ireland Bellaghy Irish unity 500 0 0 0 Y 200 0 0 102701 Reuters 2/3/87 4-Feb-87 Wed no event 5-Feb-87 Thu no event 6-Feb-87 Fri no event 7-Feb-87 Sat no event 8-Feb-87 Sun no event 9-Feb-87 Mon no event 10-Feb-87 Tue no event 11-Feb-87 Wed no event 12-Feb-87 Thu no event 13-Feb-87 Fri no event 14-Feb-87 Sat no event 15-Feb-87 Sun no event 16-Feb-87 Mon no event 17-Feb-87 Tue no event 18-Feb-87 Wed no event 19-Feb-87 Thu no event 20-Feb-87 Fri no event 21-Feb-87 Sat no event 22-Feb-87 Sun no event 23-Feb-87 Mon robbery UVF government police steal 170 rifles & pistols UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 8 8 0 0 N 31 0 0 350000 Reuters 2/23/87 24-Feb-87 Tue no event 25-Feb-87 Wed no event 26-Feb-87 Thu no event 27-Feb-87 Fri no event 28-Feb-87 Sat no event 1-Mar-87 Sun no event 2-Mar-87 Mon no event 3-Mar-87 Tue no event 4-Mar-87 Wed no event 5-Mar-87 Thu riot prisoners government prison riot against no privacy & combination of PIRA & UFF UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 45 minutes 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 3001 Reuters 3/6/87 6-Mar-87 Fri no event 7-Mar-87 Sat no event 8-Mar-87 Sun no event 9-Mar-87 Mon no event 10-Mar-87 Tue bomb-wd PIRA government police policeman killed by store bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 3/13/87 11-Mar-87 Wed no event 12-Mar-87 Thu assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead alleged UDR man in farm house UK/Northern Ireland County Down Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 3/13/87 13-Mar-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb a police funeral UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/10/87 3 0 0 0 Y 101 3 0 102701 Reuters 3/13/87 13-Mar-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police "bomb explodes in market, injuring 2 police" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 2 0 102701 Reuters 3/13/87 13-Mar-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb explodes in restaurant; no injuries UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 3/13/87 14-Mar-87 Sat assassination INLA INLA murder top INLA assassin UK/Northern Ireland Newry factional struggle 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 3/14/87 15-Mar-87 Sun assassination INLA INLA 2 shot dead in a car in Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast factional struggle 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 3/15/87 16-Mar-87 Mon no event 17-Mar-87 Tue no event 18-Mar-87 Wed no event 19-Mar-87 Thu no event 20-Mar-87 Fri no event 21-Mar-87 Sat assassination INLA INLA hooded gunmen shoots dead a man in a bar UK/Northern Ireland Belfast factional struggle 1 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 3/21/87 22-Mar-87 Sun assassination PIRA PIRA shoot dead a top PIRA leader in an alley UK/Northern Ireland Belfast factional struggle 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 3/22/87 23-Mar-87 Mon no event 24-Mar-87 Tue no event 25-Mar-87 Wed no event 26-Mar-87 Thu preclude Catholic Church PIRA "bishop bans PIRA, INLA funerals in Catholic cemeteries" UK/Northern Ireland Derry anti-terror 1 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 300000 Reuters 3/27/87 27-Mar-87 Fri no event 28-Mar-87 Sat no event 29-Mar-87 Sun no event 30-Mar-87 Mon no event 31-Mar-87 Tue no event 1-Apr-87 Wed no event 2-Apr-87 Thu no event 3-Apr-87 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR 3 masked men shoot dead UDR soldier UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 4/3/87 3-Apr-87 Fri assassination UVF PIRA PIRA fighter shot dead in front of family UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/3/87 4-Apr-87 Sat attack PIRA government police "attack police station, kill 1, injure another" UK/Northern Ireland Ballynahinch Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 1 1 102701 Reuters 4/4/87 4-Apr-87 Sat hunger strike prisoners government prison against integration & prison conditions UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 119 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/5/87 5-Apr-87 Sun hunger strike prisoners government prison against integration & prison conditions UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 119 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/5/87 5-Apr-87 Sun hostage-nd Loyalist prisoners government prison "take hostage, demand segregation from PIRA" UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 29 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/5/87 6-Apr-87 Mon hunger strike prisoners government prison against integration & prison conditions UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 119 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Financial Times 4/6/87 6-Apr-87 Mon strike customs officers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 4/6/87 6-Apr-87 Mon hostage-nd Loyalist prisoners government prison "hold hostage, demand segregation from PIRA" UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 29 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/6/87 7-Apr-87 Tue bomb-wd PIRA government police 2 police killed by car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 0 2 102701 Reuters 4/7/87 7-Apr-87 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government destroy hijacked bus with a bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/7/87 7-Apr-87 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government bomb explodes in industrial area UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/7/87 7-Apr-87 Tue hostage-nd Loyalist prisoners government prison "hold 2 hostages, demand segregation from PIRA" UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 29 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/7/87 7-Apr-87 Tue preclude PIRA government police police forbid traditional IRA funeral UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 4/3/87 301 8 2 0 N 301 1 0 102701 Reuters 4/7/87 7-Apr-87 Tue strike customs officers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 4/8/87 8-Apr-87 Wed strike customs officers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Reuters 4/8/87 8-Apr-87 Wed assassination PIRA government UK troops soldier shot & wounded UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 102701 Reuters 4/8/87 8-Apr-87 Wed riot prisoners government prison riot erupts in dining room; tables used as weapons UK/Northern Ireland Derry prison conditions 70 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 3001 Reuters 4/8/87 8-Apr-87 Wed rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for Larry Marley finally held UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4/3/87 2000 0 0 0 Y 500 1 0 102701 Reuters 4/8/87 9-Apr-87 Thu strike customs officers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 4/9/87 9-Apr-87 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police rioters clash with police through the night UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/9/87 9-Apr-87 Thu obstruction Sinn Fein government police "hijack cars, buses & block main streets" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/9/87 10-Apr-87 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police rioters clash with police through the night UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 500 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/10/87 10-Apr-87 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police rioters clash with police through the night UK/Northern Ireland Andersonstown Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 500 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/10/87 10-Apr-87 Fri strike TV workers government UTV strike against sacking of colleague UK/Northern Ireland Belfast worker rights 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 4/14/87 11-Apr-87 Sat demonstration Loyalists government police march against protest restrictions UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/11/87 11-Apr-87 Sat attack UVF government police shoot at police department UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/11/87 11-Apr-87 Sat assassination PIRA government police 2 police shot dead on foot patrol UK/Northern Ireland Portrush Irish unity 11:59 2 0 0 0 Y 2 0 2 102701 Reuters 4/11/87 11-Apr-87 Sat strike TV workers government UTV strike against sacking of colleague UK/Northern Ireland Belfast worker rights 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 4/14/87 12-Apr-87 Sun assassination PIRA Republican shoot dead alleged informer UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Xinhau 4/13/87 12-Apr-87 Sun strike TV workers government UTV strike against sacking of colleague UK/Northern Ireland Belfast worker rights 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 4/14/87 13-Apr-87 Mon strike civil servants government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 4/14/87 13-Apr-87 Mon strike TV workers government UTV strike against sacking of colleague UK/Northern Ireland Belfast worker rights 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 4/14/87 14-Apr-87 Tue no event 15-Apr-87 Wed no event 16-Apr-87 Thu no event 17-Apr-87 Fri no event 18-Apr-87 Sat murder PIRA Loyalists beat to death 24-year old Protestant UK/Northern Ireland Carnlough Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/19/87 19-Apr-87 Sun demonstration Sinn Fein UK mark the Dublin 1916 Easter rising UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4/24/16 1001 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/19/87 19-Apr-87 Sun demonstration Sinn Fein UK mark the Dublin 1916 Easter rising UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 4/24/16 1001 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/19/87 19-Apr-87 Sun demonstration Sinn Fein UK mark the Dublin 1916 Easter rising UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 4/24/16 301 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/19/87 20-Apr-87 Mon demonstration Loyalists UK march to affirm ties to UK UK/Northern Ireland Portadown British unity 1001 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/20/87 20-Apr-87 Mon demonstration Loyalists UK march to affirm ties to UK UK/Northern Ireland Carrickfergus British unity 101 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/20/87 20-Apr-87 Mon raid PIRA government police police raid bomb hideout & find explosives UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 0 3 0 0 N 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/20/87 20-Apr-87 Mon rally Sinn Fein government lay wreaths at cemetery & conduct ceremony UK/Northern Ireland Armagh City Irish unity 500 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/20/87 20-Apr-87 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops detonate ball-bearing bomb near school UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 4/20/87 20-Apr-87 Mon assassination PIRA government police policeman shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Newcastle Irish unity 22:00 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 4/21/87 21-Apr-87 Tue no event 22-Apr-87 Wed demonstration DUP UK Paisely & Robinson arrested for invading accord meeting UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Anglo-Irish accord 2 2 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/22/87 23-Apr-87 Thu assassination PIRA government police policeman shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 19:00 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Xinhau 4/24/87 24-Apr-87 Fri no event 25-Apr-87 Sat bomb-wd PIRA government court car bomb kills chief judge & wife UK/Northern Ireland Forkill Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Xinhau 4/25/87 25-Apr-87 Sat assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead UDR private in his home UK/Northern Ireland Pomeroy Irish unity 20:00 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Financial Times 4/27/87 26-Apr-87 Sun no event 27-Apr-87 Mon no event 28-Apr-87 Tue assassination PIRA Loyalists shoot dead leader of Progressive Unionist party UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Xinhau 4/28/87 28-Apr-87 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb newly constructed police station UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Xinhau 4/28/87 29-Apr-87 Wed no event 30-Apr-87 Thu no event 1-May-87 Fri no event 2-May-87 Sat bomb-wd PIRA government bomb-maker killed by own bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 1 Y 8 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/6/87 3-May-87 Sun no event 4-May-87 Mon no event 5-May-87 Tue no event 6-May-87 Wed demonstration Sinn Fein government police police restrict PIRA funeral; leads to clashes UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 5/2/87 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/6/87 7-May-87 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police "clashes with police after funeral, into night" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 5 hours 301 8 15 0 Y 301 1 0 102701 Reuters 5/7/87 7-May-87 Thu bomb-nd Sinn Fein government police throw fire bombs into police station UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 50 3 0 0 Y 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/7/87 7-May-87 Thu deployment PIRA government UDR UDR made full-time in response to more terror UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland terror 0 0 0 0 N 500 0 0 102701 Financial Times 5/7/87 8-May-87 Fri attack PIRA government police SAS deployed as PIRA tries to bomb police station; civilian killed in crossfire UK/Northern Ireland Loughgall Irish unity 19:15 8 0 0 8 Y 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/8/87 8-May-87 Fri assassination UVF Catholic masked gunmen shot dead Catholic at his home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/8/87 8-May-87 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police 30 cars hijacked & set afire; clash with police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 101 0 3 0 Y 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/8/87 9-May-87 Sat raid PIRA government police police find PIRA weapons & bombs UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/10/87 9-May-87 Sat riot Sinn Fein government police 200 fire bombs against police; police shoot plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 2 0 Y 301 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/10/87 10-May-87 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government court grenade thrown into judge's house UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/10/87 11-May-87 Mon rally Sinn Fein government police first funeral of 8 killed in ambush UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 5/8/87 1000 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 102701 Reuters 5/11/87 11-May-87 Mon march Sinn Fein government police commemorate 8 killed in Loughgall UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 5/8/87 350 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 102701 Financial Times 5/12/87 11-May-87 Mon rally Sinn Fein government police second funeral of Loughgall 8 PIRA killed UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 5/8/87 1000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 102701 Financial Times 5/12/87 11-May-87 Mon riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police over 8 killed in Loughgall UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 5/8/87 101 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 102701 Financial Times 5/12/87 11-May-87 Mon riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police over 8 killed in Loughgall UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 5/8/87 50 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 102701 Financial Times 5/12/87 12-May-87 Tue rally Sinn Fein government police joint funerals of PIRA killed in Loughgall UK/Northern Ireland Galbally Irish unity 5/8/87 1000 0 0 0 Y 301 1 0 102701 Reuters 5/12/87 12-May-87 Tue rally Sinn Fein government police funeral of Loughgall PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Benburb Irish unity 1000 0 0 0 Y 301 1 0 102701 Reuters 5/12/87 13-May-87 Wed no event 14-May-87 Thu no event 15-May-87 Fri no event 16-May-87 Sat no event 17-May-87 Sun no event 18-May-87 Mon demonstration shipyard workers firm Harland & Wolff march against closure of the firm UK/Northern Ireland Belfast unemployment 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 5/19/87 19-May-87 Tue no event 20-May-87 Wed no event 21-May-87 Thu no event 22-May-87 Fri assassination UFF Sinn Fein gunmen shoot Sinn Fein official UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 5/22/87 23-May-87 Sat no event 24-May-87 Sun no event 25-May-87 Mon strike bank workers firm Trustee Savings Bank strike against appointment of outside dealer UK/Northern Ireland Belfast outside dealer 4 hours 150 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 5/25/87 26-May-87 Tue no event 27-May-87 Wed no event 28-May-87 Thu no event 29-May-87 Fri no event 30-May-87 Sat no event 31-May-87 Sun no event 1-Jun-87 Mon no event 2-Jun-87 Tue no event 3-Jun-87 Wed no event 4-Jun-87 Thu assassination PIRA government UK troops British soldier shot dead on a Land rover UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 102701 Reuters 6/4/87 5-Jun-87 Fri no event 6-Jun-87 Sat no event 7-Jun-87 Sun no event 8-Jun-87 Mon no event 9-Jun-87 Tue no event 10-Jun-87 Wed no event 11-Jun-87 Thu no event 12-Jun-87 Fri no event 13-Jun-87 Sat no event 14-Jun-87 Sun no event 15-Jun-87 Mon bomb-wd PIRA government UDR car bomb kills soldier UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Xinhau 6/15/87 16-Jun-87 Tue no event 17-Jun-87 Wed no event 18-Jun-87 Thu no event 19-Jun-87 Fri no event 20-Jun-87 Sat no event 21-Jun-87 Sun no event 22-Jun-87 Mon strike electricians firm Short Brothers strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Queen's Island wages 501 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 6/23/87 23-Jun-87 Tue assassination PIRA government police takes rifle from baby carriage in playground & shoots dead policeman UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 1 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 6/23/87 24-Jun-87 Wed assassination PIRA Republican shoot dead an alleged informer UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/24/87 25-Jun-87 Thu assassination UVF Catholic Catholic man shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/26/87 26-Jun-87 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR masked gunman misses UDR member in car UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 5 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/26/87 27-Jun-87 Sat assassination PIRA politician "fire on, but miss, car of Unionist politician" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/27/87 28-Jun-87 Sun no event 29-Jun-87 Mon riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police; police fire plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 40 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/30/87 30-Jun-87 Tue assassination UFF Catholic burst into flat & shoot dead Catholic man UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/30/87 1-Jul-87 Wed strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers Catholic workers strike against UK flags UK/Northern Ireland Queen's Island Irish unity 2000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 300000 Financial Times 7/2/87 2-Jul-87 Thu assassination UVF Catholic Catholic man shot dead & left at quarry UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 7/3/87 2-Jul-87 Thu demonstration aircraft workers firm Short Brothers Loyalist workers protest removal of flags UK/Northern Ireland Queen's Island British unity 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/3/87 3-Jul-87 Fri lockout aircraft workers firm Short Brothers firm closes until flag controversy is settled UK/Northern Ireland Queen's Island flag conflict 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Reuters 7/6/87 4-Jul-87 Sat riot Loyalists government police clash with police against marching barriers UK/Northern Ireland Portadown British unity 7/12/1690 22:00 150 2 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/5/87 4-Jul-87 Sat lockout aircraft workers firm Short Brothers firm closes until flag controversy is settled UK/Northern Ireland Queen's Island flag conflict 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Reuters 7/6/87 5-Jul-87 Sun obstruction Loyalists government police police clear dissident erected barriers UK/Northern Ireland Portadown British unity 7/12/1690 50 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/5/87 5-Jul-87 Sun symbolic Loyalists government police stage religious service in the street UK/Northern Ireland Portadown British unity 7/12/1690 400 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/5/87 6-Jul-87 Mon strike oil drivers firm BP strike against outside contract for airport delivery UK/Northern Ireland Belfast outside contractor 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 7/7/87 7-Jul-87 Tue riot Loyalists government police clash with police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 150 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/7/87 7-Jul-87 Tue bomb-nd Loyalists government police acid bomb thrown at armored police van UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/7/87 7-Jul-87 Tue assassination PIRA Loyalists Protestant shot dead in a pool hall UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/7/87 8-Jul-87 Wed no event 9-Jul-87 Thu no event 10-Jul-87 Fri no event 11-Jul-87 Sat riot Loyalists government police 4 police hurt by Molatov cocktails UK/Northern Ireland Armagh British unity 7/12/1690 150 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/11/87 11-Jul-87 Sat bomb-nd Sinn Fein Loyalists throw fire bombs into Protestant houses UK/Northern Ireland Bellathey Irish unity 31 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/11/87 12-Jul-87 Sun assassination PIRA Loyalists Protestant shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/12/87 13-Jul-87 Mon demonstration Loyalists Catholics march to celebrate Battle of the Boyne UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland British unity 7/12/1690 30001 0 0 0 Y 3001 6 0 350000 Reuters 7/13/87 14-Jul-87 Tue strike bank workers firm Trustee Savings Bank strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 7/15/87 15-Jul-87 Wed no event 16-Jul-87 Thu no event 17-Jul-87 Fri no event 18-Jul-87 Sat no event 19-Jul-87 Sun no event 20-Jul-87 Mon no event 21-Jul-87 Tue no event 22-Jul-87 Wed no event 23-Jul-87 Thu assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead UDR soldier as he drives home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 7/23/87 24-Jul-87 Fri no event 25-Jul-87 Sat no event 26-Jul-87 Sun no event 27-Jul-87 Mon assassination PIRA government police burst throw back door & shoot dead policeman UK/Northern Ireland Ballymena Irish unity 0:05 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 7/27/87 28-Jul-87 Tue no event 29-Jul-87 Wed no event 30-Jul-87 Thu no event 31-Jul-87 Fri no event 1-Aug-87 Sat no event 2-Aug-87 Sun no event 3-Aug-87 Mon no event 4-Aug-87 Tue no event 5-Aug-87 Wed no event 6-Aug-87 Thu no event 7-Aug-87 Fri no event 8-Aug-87 Sat demonstration Loyalists Catholics police annual Apprentice Boys march UK/Northern Ireland Derry British unity 8/10/1689 15000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/8/87 8-Aug-87 Sat riot Sinn Fein government police riot on anniversary of internment without trial UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8/9/71 301 0 0 0 Y 301 5 0 83389 Xinhau 8/9/87 8-Aug-87 Sat assassination PIRA Protestant shoot dead a Protestant man UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8/9/71 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/9/87 9-Aug-87 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government trains "2 bombs at train station injure 2 kids, 1 adult" UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8/9/71 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 8/9/87 10-Aug-87 Mon no event 11-Aug-87 Tue no event 12-Aug-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA firm Carpet Warehouse "5 bombs rip through warehouse, ignite other buildings" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/12/87 13-Aug-87 Thu no event 14-Aug-87 Fri no event 15-Aug-87 Sat no event 16-Aug-87 Sun no event 17-Aug-87 Mon extortion PIRA firm building contractors PIRA demands protection funds from firms UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Construction News 8/20/87 18-Aug-87 Tue no event 19-Aug-87 Wed no event 20-Aug-87 Thu no event 21-Aug-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops bomb injures 2 soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 8/21/87 22-Aug-87 Sat no event 23-Aug-87 Sun assassination UFF Catholics Catholic taxi driver shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/23/87 24-Aug-87 Mon no event 25-Aug-87 Tue no event 26-Aug-87 Wed extortion PIRA firm oil firms threaten oil firms who deliver to police or military UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/26/87 26-Aug-87 Wed assassination PIRA government police "burst into bar & shoot dead 2 police, injure 2 others" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 3 1 2 83389 Reuters 8/26/87 27-Aug-87 Thu no event 28-Aug-87 Fri no event 29-Aug-87 Sat no event 30-Aug-87 Sun no event 31-Aug-87 Mon assassination PIRA government police shoot dead policeman outside his home UK/Northern Ireland Ballyronan Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 8/31/87 1-Sep-87 Tue assassination PIRA Catholics shoot dead an alleged informer UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/2/87 2-Sep-87 Wed no event 3-Sep-87 Thu no event 4-Sep-87 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police throw 2 grenades at police car; injure 6 civilians & 1 policeman UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 1 0 83389 Reuters 9/5/87 5-Sep-87 Sat no event 6-Sep-87 Sun no event 7-Sep-87 Mon no event 8-Sep-87 Tue assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead a Catholic in front of his family UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 9/9/87 9-Sep-87 Wed assassination PIRA Protestant shoot dead a Protestant truck driver UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 9/9/87 10-Sep-87 Thu no event 11-Sep-87 Fri no event 12-Sep-87 Sat no event 13-Sep-87 Sun no event 14-Sep-87 Mon no event 15-Sep-87 Tue no event 16-Sep-87 Wed no event 17-Sep-87 Thu assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead soldier in front of his family UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 9/17/87 17-Sep-87 Thu obstruction Loyalists government build barricade at 'murder mile' to block gunmen UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 301 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/17/87 18-Sep-87 Fri no event 19-Sep-87 Sat no event 20-Sep-87 Sun no event 21-Sep-87 Mon assassination UFF Catholics Catholic man shot dead in his car UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/21/87 22-Sep-87 Tue convict Loyalists government court politician sentenced to week in jail for tax evasion against accord UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Anglo-Irish accord 1 1 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Financial Times 9/23/87 23-Sep-87 Wed no event 24-Sep-87 Thu no event 25-Sep-87 Fri no event 26-Sep-87 Sat no event 27-Sep-87 Sun no event 28-Sep-87 Mon no event 29-Sep-87 Tue no event 30-Sep-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police defused 900 kg bomb near elementary school UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/30/87 1-Oct-87 Thu no event 2-Oct-87 Fri no event 3-Oct-87 Sat no event 4-Oct-87 Sun obstruction DUP firm bars 55 congregations picket bars on first Sunday allowed to open UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland anti-alcohol 110 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 152749 Reuters 10/5/87 5-Oct-87 Mon assassination INLA firm businessman shoot dead & dump body in hijacked car UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/5/87 6-Oct-87 Tue no event 7-Oct-87 Wed no event 8-Oct-87 Thu no event 9-Oct-87 Fri assassination UVF Catholics "retired taxi driver shot dead, son wounded" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 10/9/87 10-Oct-87 Sat no event 11-Oct-87 Sun no event 12-Oct-87 Mon no event 13-Oct-87 Tue no event 14-Oct-87 Wed no event 15-Oct-87 Thu bomb-nd PIRA U.S. consulate police defuse bomb at U.S. consulate UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/15/87 16-Oct-87 Fri no event 17-Oct-87 Sat no event 18-Oct-87 Sun no event 19-Oct-87 Mon no event 20-Oct-87 Tue no event 21-Oct-87 Wed no event 22-Oct-87 Thu no event 23-Oct-87 Fri no event 24-Oct-87 Sat no event 25-Oct-87 Sun no event 26-Oct-87 Mon no event 27-Oct-87 Tue no event 28-Oct-87 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government police "bomb explodes in hijacked car, killing bombers" UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 2 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/28/87 29-Oct-87 Thu no event 30-Oct-87 Fri no event 31-Oct-87 Sat no event 1-Nov-87 Sun no event 2-Nov-87 Mon rally Sinn Fein government police mourners clash with police at PIRA funeral UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 301 0 7 0 Y 301 20 0 83389 Reuters 11/2/87 3-Nov-87 Tue no event 4-Nov-87 Wed no event 5-Nov-87 Thu ultimatum PIRA firm Farrans construction firm resigns because of PIRA threats UK/Northern Ireland Holywood Irish unity 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/5/87 6-Nov-87 Fri no event 7-Nov-87 Sat no event 8-Nov-87 Sun bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops large bomb explodes at a memorial day rally UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 101 65 11 83389 Xinhau 11/8/87 9-Nov-87 Mon no event 10-Nov-87 Tue rally citizens PIRA first funerals of the PIRA bombing UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Reuters 11/10/87 11-Nov-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government school police defuse bomb at elementary school UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/11/87 11-Nov-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse 60 kg bomb UK/Northern Ireland Tullyhommon Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/11/87 11-Nov-87 Wed rally citizens PIRA more funerals of PIRA bomb victims UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 501 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Reuters 11/11/87 12-Nov-87 Thu rally citizens PIRA last funerals of PIRA bomb victims UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Reuters 11/12/87 13-Nov-87 Fri no event 14-Nov-87 Sat demonstration DUP government march against Anglo-Irish accord UK/Northern Ireland Hillsborough Anglo-Irish accord 11/15/85 3001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 11/14/87 15-Nov-87 Sun no event 16-Nov-87 Mon no event 17-Nov-87 Tue no event 18-Nov-87 Wed no event 19-Nov-87 Thu assassination PIRA DUP a leader in DUP shot in the head UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/19/87 20-Nov-87 Fri no event 21-Nov-87 Sat no event 22-Nov-87 Sun rally citizens PIRA M. Thatcher joins citizens against PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 7000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 3000000 Reuters 11/22/87 22-Nov-87 Sun demonstration citizens PIRA march through city against PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 3001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 3000000 Reuters 11/22/87 23-Nov-87 Mon no event 24-Nov-87 Tue no event 25-Nov-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police plant scores of fake bombs to stop city UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 31 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/25/87 26-Nov-87 Thu no event 27-Nov-87 Fri no event 28-Nov-87 Sat no event 29-Nov-87 Sun no event 30-Nov-87 Mon no event 1-Dec-87 Tue arrest Sinn Fein government police arrest city councilor on suspicion of terror UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 1 1 0 0 N 3 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/1/87 2-Dec-87 Wed no event 3-Dec-87 Thu no event 4-Dec-87 Fri no event 5-Dec-87 Sat no event 6-Dec-87 Sun no event 7-Dec-87 Mon no event 8-Dec-87 Tue no event 9-Dec-87 Wed no event 10-Dec-87 Thu no event 11-Dec-87 Fri no event 12-Dec-87 Sat no event 13-Dec-87 Sun no event 14-Dec-87 Mon no event 15-Dec-87 Tue no event 16-Dec-87 Wed bomb-wd PIRA Protestants "2 bombs rock housing; 1 killed, 15 injured, 50 houses destroyed" UK/Northern Ireland Tullygalley Irish unity 6 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/16/87 16-Dec-87 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government airport bomb destroys abandoned airport UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/16/87 17-Dec-87 Thu no event 18-Dec-87 Fri no event 19-Dec-87 Sat no event 20-Dec-87 Sun no event 21-Dec-87 Mon no event 22-Dec-87 Tue bomb-wd PIRA UDA car bomb kills UDA official UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 12/22/87 23-Dec-87 Wed no event 24-Dec-87 Thu no event 25-Dec-87 Fri no event 26-Dec-87 Sat no event 27-Dec-87 Sun no event 28-Dec-87 Mon no event 29-Dec-87 Tue no event 30-Dec-87 Wed no event 31-Dec-87 Thu no event 1-Jan-88 Fri no event 2-Jan-88 Sat no event 3-Jan-88 Sun no event 4-Jan-88 Mon no event 5-Jan-88 Tue resign judge government police judge resigns against inadequate protection UK/Northern Ireland Belfast assassination protection 1 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 30001 Reuters 1/5/88 6-Jan-88 Wed convict MPs government court MPs jailed for not paying fine for illegal protest UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Anglo-Irish accord 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/6/88 7-Jan-88 Thu no event 8-Jan-88 Fri raid UDA government police police find & confiscate UDA weapons UK/Northern Ireland Portadown Anglo-Irish accord 3 3 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Xinhau 1/8/88 8-Jan-88 Fri raid UDA government police raid UDA offices & find more weapons UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 0 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/8/88 8-Jan-88 Fri raid PIRA government police raid PIRA hideout & find weapons UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 4 4 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/8/88 9-Jan-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government court car bomb explodes near courts UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 1/9/88 10-Jan-88 Sun no event 11-Jan-88 Mon no event 12-Jan-88 Tue no event 13-Jan-88 Wed no event 14-Jan-88 Thu no event 15-Jan-88 Fri assassination UFF Catholics 19-year old Catholic man shot dead in hallway UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/15/88 15-Jan-88 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead off-duty soldier UK/Northern Ireland Tyrone Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Financial Times 1/16/88 16-Jan-88 Sat assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead soldier walking girlfriend home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0:30 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 1/16/88 17-Jan-88 Sun no event 18-Jan-88 Mon no event 19-Jan-88 Tue assassination PIRA Catholics police shoot dead alleged informer UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 20:00 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/19/88 20-Jan-88 Wed convict MP government court jailed to refusal to pay fine for illegal protest UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Anglo-Irish accord 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Financial Times 1/21/88 21-Jan-88 Thu deployment PIRA government UK troops new brigade deployed along Irish border UK/Northern Ireland Irish border terror 0 0 0 0 N 5000 0 0 83389 Xinhau 1/21/88 22-Jan-88 Fri no event 23-Jan-88 Sat no event 24-Jan-88 Sun no event 25-Jan-88 Mon assassination PIRA firm building contractor shoot dead CEO of building firm UK/Northern Ireland Dundrum Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 1/25/88 25-Jan-88 Mon bomb-wd PIRA government police 2 home-made grenades thrown at police vehicles UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 20:00 3 0 0 0 Y 8 6 1 83389 Reuters 1/25/88 26-Jan-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police "grenade thrown at police station injures 3 police, 3 civilians" UK/Northern Ireland Dunmurry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 3 0 83389 Reuters 1/26/88 27-Jan-88 Wed convict DUP government court Ian Paisley goes to jail for illegal protest UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Anglo-Irish accord 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 152749 Reuters 1/27/88 28-Jan-88 Thu no event 29-Jan-88 Fri no event 30-Jan-88 Sat no event 31-Jan-88 Sun demonstration Sinn Fein government police mark anniversary of Bloody Sunday UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 1/30/72 5000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/31/88 1-Feb-88 Mon no event 2-Feb-88 Tue no event 3-Feb-88 Wed raid PIRA government police find a truck stuffed with PIRA arms UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/3/88 4-Feb-88 Thu raid PIRA government police find a room stuffed with PIRA arms UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/4/88 5-Feb-88 Fri raid UFF government police find a room stuffed with UFF arms UK/Northern Ireland Newtownabbey British unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 350000 Reuters 2/5/88 6-Feb-88 Sat no event 7-Feb-88 Sun no event 8-Feb-88 Mon no event 9-Feb-88 Tue no event 10-Feb-88 Wed no event 11-Feb-88 Thu no event 12-Feb-88 Fri no event 13-Feb-88 Sat no event 14-Feb-88 Sun no event 15-Feb-88 Mon assassination PIRA government UDR part-time soldier shot dead as he comes to work UK/Northern Ireland Kilkeel Irish unity 1 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Xinhau 2/15/88 16-Feb-88 Tue no event 17-Feb-88 Wed no event 18-Feb-88 Thu no event 19-Feb-88 Fri no event 20-Feb-88 Sat no event 21-Feb-88 Sun no event 22-Feb-88 Mon gunfight PIRA government UK troops machine gun fight; ricochet bullet kills Sinn Fein bystander UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/23/88 23-Feb-88 Tue no event 24-Feb-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UDR "hidden bomb kills 2 soldiers, wounds 2 & 1 civilian" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 2 2 83389 Reuters 2/25/88 25-Feb-88 Thu no event 26-Feb-88 Fri no event 27-Feb-88 Sat attack PIRA government UDR mortar attack falls short of UDR base UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/27/88 28-Feb-88 Sun no event 29-Feb-88 Mon bomb-wd PIRA government police 2 PIRA killed by own bomb UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 3 0 0 2 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 2/29/88 1-Mar-88 Tue no event 2-Mar-88 Wed no event 3-Mar-88 Thu no event 4-Mar-88 Fri attack PIRA government police "2 bomb attacks fall short; no injuries, no damage" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 6 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/4/88 4-Mar-88 Fri demonstration Sinn Fein government funeral procession PIRA killed by own bomb UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 2/29/88 301 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/4/88 5-Mar-88 Sat rally Sinn Fein government funeral for PIRA killed by own bomb; clash with police UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 2/29/88 301 0 2 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/5/88 6-Mar-88 Sun attack PIRA government SAS shoot dead 3 unarmed PIRA fighters UK/Gibraltar Gibraltar Irish unity 3 0 0 3 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/6/88 7-Mar-88 Mon riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against Gibraltar shootings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 20:00 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/8/88 7-Mar-88 Mon bomb-nd UDA UDA leader car bomb fails to kill UDA leader UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 4 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/11/88 8-Mar-88 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against Gibraltar shootings UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3/6/88 20:00 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/8/88 8-Mar-88 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against Gibraltar shootings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 20:00 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Financial Times 3/9/88 8-Mar-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police "police defuse 1,600 pound bomb" UK/Northern Ireland Killeen Irish unity 3/6/88 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Financial Times 3/9/88 9-Mar-88 Wed attack Sinn Fein government police 200 fire bombs hurled at police station; police fire plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 101 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/9/88 10-Mar-88 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against Gibraltar shootings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 301 0 0 0 Y 301 7 0 83389 Reuters 3/10/88 10-Mar-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government bomb fails to explode near a police squad UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/10/88 11-Mar-88 Fri resign UDA leader UDA resigns after murder attempt UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3/7/88 1 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/11/88 11-Mar-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops troops disarm 2 car bombs UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/11/88 11-Mar-88 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against Gibraltar shootings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/11/88 12-Mar-88 Sat no event 13-Mar-88 Sun no event 14-Mar-88 Mon gunfight PIRA government UK troops troops shoot dead a sniper UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 1 0 0 1 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/14/88 14-Mar-88 Mon strike ship workers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 3/15/88 14-Mar-88 Mon strike aircraft workers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 3/15/88 14-Mar-88 Mon rally Sinn Fein government UK troops line route of 3 PIRA bodies to Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 3/6/88 10000 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 83389 Financial Times 3/15/88 15-Mar-88 Tue attack Loyalists Catholics stone the coffins of the 3 PIRA bodies UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3/6/88 301 0 0 0 Y 1001 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/15/88 15-Mar-88 Tue raid PIRA government police find PIRA arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/15/88 16-Mar-88 Wed rally Sinn Fein government funerals for 3 PIRA killed in Gibraltar UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 10000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/16/88 16-Mar-88 Wed attack UVF Catholics "3 dead, 67 injured as man fires shots & lobs grenades into PIRA funeral" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3/6/88 1 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/16/88 16-Mar-88 Wed arrest UVF government police police arrest attacker after Sinn Fein capture him UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 1 1 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/16/88 16-Mar-88 Wed riot Sinn Fein government police riots in response to UVF action UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/16/88 301 0 0 0 Y 1001 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/16/88 17-Mar-88 Thu rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for sniper killed by police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/14/88 3001 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/17/88 17-Mar-88 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police over funeral attack UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/16/88 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/17/88 17-Mar-88 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police over funeral attack in 5 cities UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 3/16/88 501 0 0 0 Y 501 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/17/88 18-Mar-88 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police over funeral attack UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/16/88 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/18/88 18-Mar-88 Fri rally Sinn Fein government police bury one PIRA killed on 3/16 by UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/16/88 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/18/88 19-Mar-88 Sat rally Sinn Fein government UK troops bury one PIRA killed on 3/16 by UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/16/88 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 3/19/88 19-Mar-88 Sat assassination PIRA government UK troops 2 plainclothes SAS shot dead by PIRA at funeral UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/6/88 8 0 0 0 Y 2 0 2 83389 Xinhau 3/19/88 19-Mar-88 Sat attack UFF Catholics car rams funeral procession; mourners murder occupants UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 2 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/19/88 20-Mar-88 Sun arrest PIRA government police arrest 3 suspects for SAS killings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 3 3 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/21/88 21-Mar-88 Mon assassination PIRA government police shoot dead a policeman; civilian shot in leg UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Christian Science Monitor 3/22/88 22-Mar-88 Tue trial UVF government court charge funeral killer with murder UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/16/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/22/88 23-Mar-88 Wed rally Loyalists Catholics funeral for SAS officers killed UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3/19/88 5000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/23/88 24-Mar-88 Thu no event 25-Mar-88 Fri no event 26-Mar-88 Sat trial PIRA government court 2 charged with killing SAS officers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/26/88 27-Mar-88 Sun no event 28-Mar-88 Mon no event 29-Mar-88 Tue no event 30-Mar-88 Wed no event 31-Mar-88 Thu no event 1-Apr-88 Fri trial PIRA government court 1 more charged with killing SAS officers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/1/88 2-Apr-88 Sat no event 3-Apr-88 Sun march Sinn Fein government mark the 1916 Dublin Easter rising UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4/24/16 3001 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/3/88 3-Apr-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government PIRA disarms own bomb near Easter parade UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/4/88 4-Apr-88 Mon no event 5-Apr-88 Tue no event 6-Apr-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UDR car bomb kills soldier UK/Northern Ireland Derrylin Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 4/6/88 7-Apr-88 Thu no event 8-Apr-88 Fri no event 9-Apr-88 Sat no event 10-Apr-88 Sun no event 11-Apr-88 Mon no event 12-Apr-88 Tue no event 13-Apr-88 Wed assassination PIRA government police 2 police shot & wounded UK/Northern Ireland Armagh Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 4/13/88 14-Apr-88 Thu no event 15-Apr-88 Fri extort workers firm building contractor police arrest 6 for PIRA extortion UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 6 6 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Construction News 4/15/88 16-Apr-88 Sat no event 17-Apr-88 Sun no event 18-Apr-88 Mon no event 19-Apr-88 Tue no event 20-Apr-88 Wed no event 21-Apr-88 Thu arrest Sinn Fein government police arrest 13 more for killing SAS officers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 13 13 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/21/88 21-Apr-88 Thu assassination PIRA firm building contractor sniper shoots dead roofer of a state building UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 1 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/21/88 22-Apr-88 Fri trial Sinn Fein government court 7 charged with killing SAS officers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 7 7 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/22/88 23-Apr-88 Sat no event 24-Apr-88 Sun no event 25-Apr-88 Mon no event 26-Apr-88 Tue assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead a soldier UK/Northern Ireland Coagh Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 4/26/88 27-Apr-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops bomb kills 1 & injures 2 soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Carrickmore Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 2 1 83389 Reuters 4/27/88 28-Apr-88 Thu no event 29-Apr-88 Fri no event 30-Apr-88 Sat no event 1-May-88 Sun no event 2-May-88 Mon no event 3-May-88 Tue no event 4-May-88 Wed no event 5-May-88 Thu no event 6-May-88 Fri no event 7-May-88 Sat no event 8-May-88 Sun no event 9-May-88 Mon no event 10-May-88 Tue no event 11-May-88 Wed no event 12-May-88 Thu no event 13-May-88 Fri no event 14-May-88 Sat no event 15-May-88 Sun attack UVF Catholics "3 dead, 9 injured by automatic weapons in pub" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 4 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 5/15/88 16-May-88 Mon no event 17-May-88 Tue no event 18-May-88 Wed rally Catholics UVF "funeral for the dead on 5/15; bishop asks forgiveness, mourners walk out" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/18/88 19-May-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government "4 police, 8 civilians hurt by bomb at farm fair" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 4 0 83389 Reuters 5/19/88 20-May-88 Fri no event 21-May-88 Sat bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops soldier killed by booby-trap bomb in field UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 5/21/88 22-May-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA firm bar 2 people in bar injured by outside car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 21:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/23/88 22-May-88 Sun attack PIRA government police machine gun attack on police station UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/23/88 23-May-88 Mon no event 24-May-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police 2 police injured by street bomb near a robbery UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 20:00 3 0 0 0 Y 8 2 0 83389 Reuters 5/25/88 24-May-88 Tue attack PIRA government UDR mortar attack on UDR base UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/25/88 25-May-88 Wed no event 26-May-88 Thu no event 27-May-88 Fri no event 28-May-88 Sat attack PIRA government UDR mortar attack on UDR base UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 14 0 83389 Reuters 5/28/88 28-May-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police police elude 2 bombs UK/Northern Ireland Moy Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/29/88 29-May-88 Sun no event 30-May-88 Mon no event 31-May-88 Tue no event 1-Jun-88 Wed no event 2-Jun-88 Thu no event 3-Jun-88 Fri no event 4-Jun-88 Sat assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead a soldier UK/Northern Ireland Castlederg Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 6/4/88 5-Jun-88 Sun no event 6-Jun-88 Mon no event 7-Jun-88 Tue no event 8-Jun-88 Wed no event 9-Jun-88 Thu no event 10-Jun-88 Fri no event 11-Jun-88 Sat no event 12-Jun-88 Sun demonstration Loyalists government police Loyalists start marching season UK/Northern Ireland Armagh British unity 1500 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/12/88 12-Jun-88 Sun riot Loyalists government police clash with police after demonstration UK/Northern Ireland Armagh British unity 500 5 0 0 Y 301 6 0 350000 Reuters 6/12/88 13-Jun-88 Mon no event 14-Jun-88 Tue no event 15-Jun-88 Wed assassination PIRA UVF shoot dead leader of UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 6/15/88 15-Jun-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops bomb under van kills troops who ran a charity marathon UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 17 11 6 83389 Reuters 6/15/88 16-Jun-88 Thu no event 17-Jun-88 Fri no event 18-Jun-88 Sat rally citizens PIRA memorial service for killed soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn terror 6/15/88 3001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Reuters 6/18/88 18-Jun-88 Sat riot Loyalists Sinn Fein rival gangs clash at UVF funeral; police fire plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 6/15/88 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/18/88 18-Jun-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops throw grenades at patrol vehicle UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 4 0 83389 Reuters 6/18/88 18-Jun-88 Sat riot Loyalists PIRA police rival gangs clash; police fire plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Portadown British unity 301 1 0 0 Y 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/18/88 19-Jun-88 Sun no event 20-Jun-88 Mon no event 21-Jun-88 Tue no event 22-Jun-88 Wed no event 23-Jun-88 Thu no event 24-Jun-88 Fri attack PIRA government UK troops use anti-aircraft gun to shoot down helicopter UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 12 0 0 0 Y 3 1 0 83389 Reuters 6/24/88 25-Jun-88 Sat no event 26-Jun-88 Sun no event 27-Jun-88 Mon no event 28-Jun-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government school bus bomb school bus with UDR driver; girl injured seriously UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 6/28/88 29-Jun-88 Wed no event 30-Jun-88 Thu no event 1-Jul-88 Fri no event 2-Jul-88 Sat no event 3-Jul-88 Sun no event 4-Jul-88 Mon no event 5-Jul-88 Tue gunfight PIRA government police taxi driver killed in crossfire between PIRA & police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/5/88 5-Jul-88 Tue fight Sinn Fein DUP fist fight breaks out at city council meeting; 5 DUP injured UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 31 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/5/88 6-Jul-88 Wed no event 7-Jul-88 Thu bomb-wd PIRA Catholics "bomb explodes in a swimming pool, kills 2, injures 4" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 5 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/7/88 7-Jul-88 Thu bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops second swimming pool bomb kills bomb expert UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 7/8/88 8-Jul-88 Fri attack PIRA government police PIRA killed by own weapon at police station attack UK/Northern Ireland Pomeroy Irish unity 8 0 0 1 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/8/88 9-Jul-88 Sat rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for PIRA killed by own weapon UK/Northern Ireland Pomeroy Irish unity 1000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/9/88 10-Jul-88 Sun no event 11-Jul-88 Mon no event 12-Jul-88 Tue demonstration Loyalists Catholics mark anniversary of Battle of the Boyne UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland British unity 7/12/1690 100000 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 350000 Xinhau 7/12/88 12-Jul-88 Tue riot Loyalists government police clash with police after demonstration UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 301 60 0 0 Y 301 12 0 350000 Xinhau 7/12/88 13-Jul-88 Wed no event 14-Jul-88 Thu no event 15-Jul-88 Fri no event 16-Jul-88 Sat no event 17-Jul-88 Sun no event 18-Jul-88 Mon no event 19-Jul-88 Tue no event 20-Jul-88 Wed no event 21-Jul-88 Thu no event 22-Jul-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police "cow chews through detonator wire, deadening bomb" UK/Northern Ireland Coalisland Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/22/88 23-Jul-88 Sat bomb-wd PIRA citizens mistakenly blows up family of 3 UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 7/23/88 24-Jul-88 Sun no event 25-Jul-88 Mon assassination UVF Sinn Fein 2 gunmen shoot dead Sinn Fein official UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/25/88 26-Jul-88 Tue no event 27-Jul-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops "land mine kills 1, injures 2" UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 2 1 83389 Reuters 7/28/88 28-Jul-88 Thu no event 29-Jul-88 Fri no event 30-Jul-88 Sat no event 31-Jul-88 Sun no event 1-Aug-88 Mon no event 2-Aug-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government UDR UDR group hits mine; PIRA then fires shots UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 6 6 0 83389 Reuters 8/2/88 2-Aug-88 Tue bomb-wd PIRA government police car bomb kills policeman UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 8/2/88 2-Aug-88 Tue assassination PIRA government UDR drag UDR man out of store & shoot him in head UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 1 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 8/2/88 2-Aug-88 Tue statement PIRA government warns citizens to stay away from military & police UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 250 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/2/88 3-Aug-88 Wed assassination PIRA government UK troops soldier shot dead as he drove a car UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Xinhau 8/3/88 4-Aug-88 Thu assassination PIRA workers shoot dead 2 construction workers at police station UK/Northern Ireland Belleek Irish unity 4 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/4/88 4-Aug-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA DUP police safely explode parcel bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/4/88 5-Aug-88 Fri no event 6-Aug-88 Sat no event 7-Aug-88 Sun raid PIRA government UK troops find bomb factory in disused house UK/Northern Ireland Coagh Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/7/88 8-Aug-88 Mon assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead a teenage as he walks down a street UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/8/88 8-Aug-88 Mon assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead beer truck driver who tried to block escape UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/8/88 9-Aug-88 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police riot on anniversary of internment without trial UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/71 00:00-6:00 301 42 0 0 Y 301 8 0 83389 Reuters 8/9/88 9-Aug-88 Tue arson Sinn Fein Baptist church burn Baptist church on internment anniversary UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/71 00:00-6:00 31 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/9/88 9-Aug-88 Tue attack Sinn Fein government police shoot & fire bomb a police station UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/71 00:00-6:00 31 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/9/88 10-Aug-88 Wed attack INLA government police attack police checkpoint with guns; 1 killed UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 3 0 0 1 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/10/88 10-Aug-88 Wed deployment PIRA government Inland Revenue tax office opens records of Sinn Fein to police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Accountancy Age 8/11/88 11-Aug-88 Thu rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for teenage killed by UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/8/88 301 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/11/88 12-Aug-88 Fri rally INLA government police funeral for INLA fighter killed in attack UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 8/10/88 301 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/12/88 13-Aug-88 Sat demonstration Loyalists Catholics police Apprentice Boys march through Derry UK/Northern Ireland Derry British unity 8/10/1688 10000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/13/88 14-Aug-88 Sun no event 15-Aug-88 Mon no event 16-Aug-88 Tue symbolic PIRA government prison 21 feign illness against move to new area of prison UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 21 0 1 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/16/88 17-Aug-88 Wed assassination PIRA firm fruit seller shoot dead owner of fruit stand alleged to be UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 8/17/88 18-Aug-88 Thu assassination UVF Catholics construction worker shot dead on the job UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 8/18/88 19-Aug-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police 1 female & 2 male police officers hurt by bomb UK/Northern Ireland Lisnaskea Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 3 0 83389 Reuters 8/19/88 19-Aug-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA firm hotel blow up hotel on road from Belfast to Newry UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/19/88 19-Aug-88 Fri bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops mine blows up troop bus UK/Northern Ireland Omagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 28 20 8 83389 Reuters 8/19/88 20-Aug-88 Sat no event 21-Aug-88 Sun no event 22-Aug-88 Mon bomb-wd PIRA government navy Naval officer killed by car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 8/22/88 23-Aug-88 Tue hostage-nd PIRA citizens hold children hostage at birthday party to plant bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/24/88 23-Aug-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government bomb explodes in central Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/23/88 24-Aug-88 Wed arrest PIRA government police arrest suspects in Omagh bombing UK/Northern Ireland Omagh terror 8/19/88 8 8 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/24/88 24-Aug-88 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police car bomb injures 2 passing police UK/Northern Ireland Coagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 8/24/88 25-Aug-88 Thu rally Loyalists PIRA funeral of soldiers killed in Omagh UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 400 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/25/88 25-Aug-88 Thu arrest PIRA government police arrest suspects in Omagh bombing UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 22:00 4 4 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/25/88 25-Aug-88 Thu attack PIRA government police shoot at police station UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/26/88 26-Aug-88 Fri rally Sinn Fein government rally at border against PIRA extradition UK/Northern Ireland Carrickarnan extradition 101 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/26/88 26-Aug-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government court bomb destroys courthouse UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/26/88 26-Aug-88 Fri deployment Sinn Fein government police deploy forces against extradition protest UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 0 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/26/88 27-Aug-88 Sat extradition Ireland UK police Ireland hands Robert Russell to RUC UK/Northern Ireland Carrickarnan extradition 1 1 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/27/88 27-Aug-88 Sat riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police against extradition UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 301 12 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/27/88 27-Aug-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government airport bomb found at airport UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/27/88 27-Aug-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police "1 police, 2 women injured by 3 bombs" UK/Northern Ireland Derry extradition 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 8/27/88 27-Aug-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police 3 bombs injure policeman UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 9 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 8/27/88 28-Aug-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government city hall bomb damages city hall UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/28/88 28-Aug-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb damages police station UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extradition 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/28/88 29-Aug-88 Mon no event 30-Aug-88 Tue gunfight PIRA government SAS 3 PIRA men killed in fight with SAS UK/Northern Ireland Drumnakilly Irish unity 3 0 0 3 Y 8 0 0 83389 Xinhau 8/30/88 31-Aug-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA citizens 2 elderly people die from bomb meant for troops UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 8/31/88 1-Sep-88 Thu no event 2-Sep-88 Fri rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for 2 killed by SAS UK/Northern Ireland Loughmacory Irish unity 8/30/88 1500 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/2/88 3-Sep-88 Sat rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for 1 killed by SAS UK/Northern Ireland Six Mile Cross Irish unity 8/30/88 2000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/3/88 4-Sep-88 Sun march Catholics government police mark 20th anniversary of start of civil rights movement UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 9/4/68 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 300000 Reuters 9/4/88 4-Sep-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse 135 kg car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 2 0 0 N 8 1 0 83389 Reuters 9/4/88 5-Sep-88 Mon no event 6-Sep-88 Tue raid UVF government police police find gun factory UK/Northern Ireland Ballynahinch British unity 0 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/6/88 7-Sep-88 Wed assassination INLA government UDA shoot UDA man outside his store UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Xinhau 9/7/88 8-Sep-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb destroys police station; injures 9 citizens & 5 police UK/Northern Ireland Coagh Irish unity 22:00 3 0 0 0 Y 8 5 0 83389 Reuters 9/8/88 9-Sep-88 Fri assassination PIRA UVF 2 gunmen board train & shoot UVF man dead UK/Northern Ireland Lambeg Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 9/9/88 10-Sep-88 Sat no event 11-Sep-88 Sun no event 12-Sep-88 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government minister bomb destroys house of top bureaucrat UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 9/12/88 12-Sep-88 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government city hall "bomb hits city hall; 6 citizens, 2 police injured" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 31 2 0 83389 Xinhau 9/12/88 13-Sep-88 Tue no event 14-Sep-88 Wed no event 15-Sep-88 Thu no event 16-Sep-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb aimed at police car injures soldier & nurse UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 1 0 83389 Reuters 9/16/88 17-Sep-88 Sat no event 18-Sep-88 Sun no event 19-Sep-88 Mon no event 20-Sep-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government bomb destroys building site UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 14:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/20/88 20-Sep-88 Tue strike social service agencies Loyalists strike against Loyalist charge they support PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland libel 3001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Daily Telegraph 9/21/88 21-Sep-88 Wed no event 22-Sep-88 Thu no event 23-Sep-88 Fri assassination UVF Catholics Catholic man shot dead in his home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/23/88 24-Sep-88 Sat no event 25-Sep-88 Sun assassination PIRA government UDR shoot UDR man dead by his car UK/Northern Ireland Middletown Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 9/25/88 26-Sep-88 Mon no event 27-Sep-88 Tue raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Tyrone Irish unity 8 8 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 9/27/88 28-Sep-88 Wed no event 29-Sep-88 Thu no event 30-Sep-88 Fri no event 1-Oct-88 Sat no event 2-Oct-88 Sun no event 3-Oct-88 Mon assassination INLA Catholics shoot dead alleged informer at fiancee's house UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2:00 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Xinhau 10/3/88 3-Oct-88 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government police police take 7 hours to defuse 240 kg bomb UK/Northern Ireland Magherafelt Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/3/88 4-Oct-88 Tue bomb-wd PIRA government prison car bomb kills prison official UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 10/4/88 4-Oct-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government bomb explodes in North Belfast; no injuries UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/4/88 5-Oct-88 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government prison car bomb fails to explode in prison official's car UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 1 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/5/88 6-Oct-88 Thu no event 7-Oct-88 Fri no event 8-Oct-88 Sat no event 9-Oct-88 Sun no event 10-Oct-88 Mon no event 11-Oct-88 Tue assassination PIRA government police shoot policeman dead & wound 2 others UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 10/11/88 12-Oct-88 Wed no event 13-Oct-88 Thu trial UVF government court charge murder of 4 Catholics UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 5/15/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 10/13/88 13-Oct-88 Thu raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/13/88 14-Oct-88 Fri no event 15-Oct-88 Sat attack UFF UDA "2 gunmen shoot up bar; 3 killed, 4 injured" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 10/15/88 15-Oct-88 Sat mobilization trade unions workers arrested distributing brochures against Chelsea Girl UK/Northern Ireland Belfast layoffs 15 15 0 0 N 8 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 11/1/88 16-Oct-88 Sun no event 17-Oct-88 Mon bomb-wd PIRA firm building contractor sales manager killed by car bomb; wife survives UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/17/88 18-Oct-88 Tue censor journalists government cabinet ban interviews with terrorists UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland terror 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 30001 Daily Telegraph 10/19/88 19-Oct-88 Wed rally UDA UFF funeral for UDA leader killed by UFF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 10/15/88 101 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Reuters 10/19/88 20-Oct-88 Thu raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea terror 0 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/20/88 21-Oct-88 Fri hostage-nd PIRA government UK troops "hold family hostage, steal their car for attack" UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 5 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/21/88 21-Oct-88 Fri attack PIRA government UK troops attack army post; no deaths or injuries UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 5 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/21/88 22-Oct-88 Sat no event 23-Oct-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb meant for police injures 3 civilians UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/23/88 24-Oct-88 Mon no event 25-Oct-88 Tue no event 26-Oct-88 Wed attack PIRA government police "gunmen ambush police; 1 policeman dead, 1 injured & 1 civilian injured" UK/Northern Ireland Kinawley Irish unity 5 0 0 0 Y 2 1 1 83389 Xinhau 10/26/88 26-Oct-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government post office car bomb kills postal official UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 10/26/88 27-Oct-88 Thu raid PIRA government police find Soviet flamethrower in arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/27/88 28-Oct-88 Fri no event 29-Oct-88 Sat no event 30-Oct-88 Sun attack PIRA government police mortar attack on police station; woman dies of heart attack UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/30/88 31-Oct-88 Mon robbery PIRA firm Short Brothers take missile guidance devices UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 10/31/88 1-Nov-88 Tue boycott trade unions firm Chelsea Girl call for public boycott of firm that fired 25 women UK/Northern Ireland Belfast unemployment 31 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 11/1/88 1-Nov-88 Tue trial Loyalist government court charged with murder at PIRA funeral UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/16/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Reuters 11/1/88 2-Nov-88 Wed petition Law Society government protests removal of right-to-silence law UK/Northern Ireland Belfast civil rights 2000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Financial Times 11/2/88 3-Nov-88 Thu no event 4-Nov-88 Fri preempt PIRA government police arrest 3 preparing for a mortar attack UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 3 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/4/88 4-Nov-88 Fri hostage-nd PIRA government police arrest 2 for kidnapping family & hijacking van UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 2 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/4/88 4-Nov-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police put Irish flag on telephone police with booby-trap bomb UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 11/4/88 4-Nov-88 Fri raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Parkgate Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/4/88 5-Nov-88 Sat no event 6-Nov-88 Sun raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Lisnaskea Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/6/88 7-Nov-88 Mon strike public workers government strike against firing of union members in UK UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland worker rights 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Reuters 11/7/88 8-Nov-88 Tue rally Loyalists PIRA church service marks Enniskillen bombing UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 11/8/87 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Reuters 11/8/88 8-Nov-88 Tue rally aircraft workers firm Short Brothers rally against privatization UK/Northern Ireland Belfast privatization 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 11/9/88 9-Nov-88 Wed obstruction Loyalists government minister prevent minister from conference; protest accord UK/Northern Ireland Craigavon Anglo-Irish accord 8 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Daily Telegraph 11/10/88 10-Nov-88 Thu no event 11-Nov-88 Fri strike postal workers government strike against layoffs UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland unemployment 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Daily Telegraph 11/12/88 12-Nov-88 Sat no event 13-Nov-88 Sun rally Loyalists PIRA mark Enniskillen bombing in 1987 UK/Northern Ireland Enniskillen terror 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 800000 Daily Telegraph 11/14/88 14-Nov-88 Mon boycott Sinn Fein government court PIRA lawyers walk out of shoot-to-kill inquest UK/Northern Ireland Craigavon justice 8/30/88 8 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Daily Telegraph 11/15/88 15-Nov-88 Tue strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers strike against privatization UK/Northern Ireland Belfast privatization 1001 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Belfast Telegraph 11/16/88 16-Nov-88 Wed raid UDA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Armagh British unity 10 10 0 0 N 31 0 0 350000 Reuters 11/16/88 17-Nov-88 Thu trial PIRA government court charged with murder of SAS members UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/19/88 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/17/88 18-Nov-88 Fri raid UDA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Armagh British unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 350000 Xinhau 11/18/88 18-Nov-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government tax office blow up tax office UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/18/88 18-Nov-88 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police defuse bomb on path to school UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/18/88 19-Nov-88 Sat no event 20-Nov-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops 9 soldiers injured by car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 31 9 0 83389 Reuters 11/20/88 21-Nov-88 Mon assassination PIRA government police "2 gunmen shoot dead 1 policeman, injure 1" UK/Northern Ireland Castlederg Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 2 1 1 83389 Xinhau 11/21/88 22-Nov-88 Tue no event 23-Nov-88 Wed attack PIRA government police rocket misses police patrol UK/Northern Ireland Castlewellan Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 11/23/88 23-Nov-88 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government police bomb destroys police station; kills 2 civilians UK/Northern Ireland Benburb Irish unity 20:00 3 0 0 0 Y 10 8 0 83389 Reuters 11/23/88 24-Nov-88 Thu no event 25-Nov-88 Fri assassination UFF Sinn Fein shoot dead wrong man UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 11/25/88 26-Nov-88 Sat no event 27-Nov-88 Sun no event 28-Nov-88 Mon no event 29-Nov-88 Tue no event 30-Nov-88 Wed no event 1-Dec-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops bomb military observation post; injure 4 UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 4 0 83389 Reuters 12/1/88 2-Dec-88 Fri no event 3-Dec-88 Sat no event 4-Dec-88 Sun no event 5-Dec-88 Mon no event 6-Dec-88 Tue no event 7-Dec-88 Wed no event 8-Dec-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops "bomb military housing estate, 2 injured" UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 301 2 0 83389 Reuters 12/8/88 9-Dec-88 Fri convict UDA government court convicted of extortion of construction company UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extortion 4 4 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 12/9/88 10-Dec-88 Sat no event 11-Dec-88 Sun no event 12-Dec-88 Mon attack PIRA firm building contractor mortar attack on contractor who works for state UK/Northern Ireland Magherafelt Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/12/88 13-Dec-88 Tue raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/14/88 13-Dec-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse 135 kg bomb outside motor vehicle department UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/14/88 13-Dec-88 Tue assassination PIRA firm auto garage shoot dead a mechanic who worked for state UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/14/88 13-Dec-88 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops army defuse 200 kg bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 22:00 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/14/88 14-Dec-88 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb thrown at police injures 2 & 1 civilian UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 9:35 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Xinhau 12/14/88 15-Dec-88 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb aimed at military is near school; defused UK/Northern Ireland Antrim Irish unity 11 11 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/16/88 16-Dec-88 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead UDR man in a coal truck UK/Northern Ireland Downpatrick Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 12/16/88 16-Dec-88 Fri statement PIRA government UK troops PIRA gives troops 7 days to leave N. Ireland UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/16/88 17-Dec-88 Sat no event 18-Dec-88 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops car bomb explodes at UK military housing UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/18/88 19-Dec-88 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops car bomb explodes at UK military housing; 5 injuries UK/Northern Ireland Armagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/20/88 19-Dec-88 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops car bomb explodes at UK military housing; 4 injuries UK/Northern Ireland Tyrone Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/20/88 20-Dec-88 Tue no event 21-Dec-88 Wed no event 22-Dec-88 Thu hijack PIRA government police "hijack taxi to bomb police, but run out of gas" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 12/22/88 23-Dec-88 Fri no event 24-Dec-88 Sat no event 25-Dec-88 Sun no event 26-Dec-88 Mon no event 27-Dec-88 Tue no event 28-Dec-88 Wed no event 29-Dec-88 Thu no event 30-Dec-88 Fri no event 31-Dec-88 Sat attack PIRA government UDR mortar & bomb attack on UDR post UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 21:00 8 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 83389 Daily Telegraph 1/1/89 31-Dec-88 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police kids find a Semtex bomb under a pram UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Daily Telegraph 1/1/89 1-Jan-89 Sun no event 2-Jan-89 Mon no event 3-Jan-89 Tue statement PIRA government royal family PIRA warns that it will attack the royal family UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 31 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/3/89 4-Jan-89 Wed raid PIRA government police find bomb factory UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Daily Telegraph 1/5/89 5-Jan-89 Thu no event 6-Jan-89 Fri no event 7-Jan-89 Sat no event 8-Jan-89 Sun no event 9-Jan-89 Mon no event 10-Jan-89 Tue attack PIRA government police gun attack on police station at jail UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/10/89 10-Jan-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse 100 kg car bomb at jail UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/10/89 11-Jan-89 Wed no event 12-Jan-89 Thu kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents PIRA acts as police & punishes car thieves UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/13/89 13-Jan-89 Fri no event 14-Jan-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police police fire at bombers; army defuses bomb UK/Northern Ireland Crumlin Irish unity 3 1 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/14/89 14-Jan-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops soldier wounded by bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 1 0 83389 Reuters 1/14/89 14-Jan-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops soldier wounded by bomb UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 1 0 83389 Reuters 1/14/89 15-Jan-89 Sun no event 16-Jan-89 Mon no event 17-Jan-89 Tue assassination UVF Sinn Fein "try to kill Sinn Fein official, but can't find him" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/18/89 18-Jan-89 Wed assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead catholic shop keeper UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/18/89 18-Jan-89 Wed assassination UVF Catholics Catholic shot & wounded in scrap yard UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/18/89 18-Jan-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government court car bomb explodes near courthouse UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/18/89 19-Jan-89 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 22:00-23:59 100 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/20/89 20-Jan-89 Fri no event 21-Jan-89 Sat no event 22-Jan-89 Sun no event 23-Jan-89 Mon no event 24-Jan-89 Tue no event 25-Jan-89 Wed unraveling PIRA government PIRA disbands its border group for killing civilians UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 31 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/25/89 25-Jan-89 Wed assassination UVF Loyalists mistakenly shoot dead a Protestant worker UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 1/25/89 25-Jan-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government court bomb explodes at courthouse UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/25/89 26-Jan-89 Thu no event 27-Jan-89 Fri no event 28-Jan-89 Sat bomb-wd PIRA government police "bomb tossed at police car kills 1, injures 1" UK/Northern Ireland Sion Mills Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 1 1 83389 Reuters 1/28/89 28-Jan-89 Sat riot Sinn Fein government police youths battle police who try aid bombed colleagues UK/Northern Ireland Sion Mills Irish unity 200 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/28/89 29-Jan-89 Sun no event 30-Jan-89 Mon raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 1/30/89 31-Jan-89 Tue no event 1-Feb-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police policeman injured by lamppost bomb UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 2/1/89 1-Feb-89 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops soldier dies in bomb ambush UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 23:50 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 2/1/89 2-Feb-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/24/89 3-Feb-89 Fri no event 4-Feb-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/24/89 5-Feb-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops PIRA's bomb explodes in his lap UK/Northern Ireland Drumquin Irish unity 3 0 0 1 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/6/89 6-Feb-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/24/89 7-Feb-89 Tue no event 8-Feb-89 Wed kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents 2 shot in knee UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/8/89 8-Feb-89 Wed kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents 1 shot in knee UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/8/89 8-Feb-89 Wed kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents 1 shot in knee UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/8/89 9-Feb-89 Thu assassination UVF Catholics Catholic man shot dead by UVF on motorcycle UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 2/9/89 10-Feb-89 Fri ultimatum PIRA firm Pickfords furniture removal shuts down after death threats UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 30001 Daily Telegraph 2/11/89 11-Feb-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA Catholics mistakenly bomb a Catholic security officer; 1 injured UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/11/89 12-Feb-89 Sun assassination UFF Catholics lawyer 3 gunmen shoot dead Catholic in his home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 2/12/89 13-Feb-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/24/89 14-Feb-89 Tue assassination UFF Catholics politician 3 gunmen shoot dead Catholic in his home UK/Northern Ireland Derry British unity 22:00 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/14/89 15-Feb-89 Wed no event 16-Feb-89 Thu attack INLA Loyalists Orange Social Club "3 gunmen open fire in a bar, kill 1, wound 4" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/16/89 17-Feb-89 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR wound former UDR man & by-stander woman UK/Northern Ireland Ballynahinch Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 2/17/89 18-Feb-89 Sat no event 19-Feb-89 Sun no event 20-Feb-89 Mon assassination UVF Catholics security guard at linen mill shot dead UK/Northern Ireland Lurgan British unity 23:00 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 2/20/89 21-Feb-89 Tue no event 22-Feb-89 Wed assassination PIRA government UK troops shoot dead soldier picking up kids from school UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 2/22/89 23-Feb-89 Thu no event 24-Feb-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 2/24/89 25-Feb-89 Sat no event 26-Feb-89 Sun assassination PIRA government agent shoot dead alleged British agent UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 2/26/89 27-Feb-89 Mon bomb-wd PIRA government police car bomb kills retired policeman UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 2/27/89 28-Feb-89 Tue no event 1-Mar-89 Wed no event 2-Mar-89 Thu no event 3-Mar-89 Fri convict Loyalist government court murder sentence for 3/16/88 funeral attack UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/16/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/3/89 3-Mar-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/3/89 4-Mar-89 Sat no event 5-Mar-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops bomb at barracks wounds 7 soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 101 7 0 83389 Reuters 3/5/89 6-Mar-89 Mon no event 7-Mar-89 Tue attack PIRA Loyalists "open fire in a garage, kill 3, injure 1" UK/Northern Ireland Coagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/7/89 7-Mar-89 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police on anniversary of Gibraltar killings UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3/7/87 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/7/89 8-Mar-89 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops "landmine kills 2, injures 6 soldiers" UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 23:00 3 0 0 0 Y 8 6 2 83389 Daily Telegraph 3/9/89 9-Mar-89 Thu arrest PIRA government police arrest 2 for landmine killing UK/Northern Ireland Derry terror 3/8/89 2 2 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/9/89 10-Mar-89 Fri attack UVF Catholics "open fire in a bar, kill 1, injure 1" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 3/10/89 10-Mar-89 Fri assassination UVF Catholics elderly man is shot in arm outside garage UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/10/89 10-Mar-89 Fri assassination PIRA Loyalists Protestant man shot in the leg UK/Northern Ireland The Spa Irish unity 1 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/10/89 11-Mar-89 Sat no event 12-Mar-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops army defuses 680 kg van bomb at base UK/Northern Ireland Castlederg Irish unity 12 hours 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/12/89 13-Mar-89 Mon assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead an off-duty soldier UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 3/13/89 14-Mar-89 Tue assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead an off-duty soldier UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 3/14/89 15-Mar-89 Wed strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 3000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Reuters 3/15/89 16-Mar-89 Thu assassination PIRA firm grocery prominent Loyalist grocer shot dead at home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/16/89 17-Mar-89 Fri assassination UVF Catholics break into house & shoot dead Catholic man UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 3/17/89 18-Mar-89 Sat no event 19-Mar-89 Sun assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead 63-year old Catholic man UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 3/19/89 20-Mar-89 Mon assassination PIRA government police shoot dead Chief & superintendent of RUC UK/Northern Ireland Jonesborough Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 0 2 83389 Reuters 3/20/89 21-Mar-89 Tue no event 22-Mar-89 Wed rally Sinn Fein UVF funeral of 63-year old Catholic; bishop says stop the killing UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/22/89 23-Mar-89 Thu no event 24-Mar-89 Fri strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 3000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Daily Telegraph 3/25/89 24-Mar-89 Fri assassination PIRA government police policeman shot in the arm by a sniper UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 22:00 1 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 3/25/89 25-Mar-89 Sat assassination PIRA government police policeman & son shot while camping UK/Northern Ireland Dundrum Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 83389 Reuters 3/26/89 26-Mar-89 Sun no event 27-Mar-89 Mon no event 28-Mar-89 Tue no event 29-Mar-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government 230 kg car bomb defused in business district UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 83389 Reuters 3/29/89 30-Mar-89 Thu no event 31-Mar-89 Fri no event 1-Apr-89 Sat no event 2-Apr-89 Sun no event 3-Apr-89 Mon no event 4-Apr-89 Tue trial PIRA government court 2 tried for murder of 2 SAS officers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Daily Telegraph 4/4/89 4-Apr-89 Tue assassination UVF PIRA PIRA man shot dead in his bed UK/Northern Ireland Ballymoney British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/4/89 5-Apr-89 Wed no event 6-Apr-89 Thu no event 7-Apr-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government motor vehicle building car bomb injures elderly woman UK/Northern Ireland Armagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/7/89 7-Apr-89 Fri kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents 3 teenagers enter hospital with shot out knees UK/Northern Ireland Belfast punishment 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/7/89 8-Apr-89 Sat no event 9-Apr-89 Sun no event 10-Apr-89 Mon no event 11-Apr-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/11/89 12-Apr-89 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government police "700 kg bomb kills woman, injures 31" UK/Northern Ireland Warrenpoint Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Financial Times 4/13/89 13-Apr-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 83389 Belfast Telegraph 4/13/89 14-Apr-89 Fri strike aircraft workers firm Short Brothers strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 3000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 4/15/89 15-Apr-89 Sat no event 16-Apr-89 Sun attack PIRA government police bungled mortar attack injures 3 civilians UK/Northern Ireland Cookstown Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/16/89 17-Apr-89 Mon no event 18-Apr-89 Tue no event 19-Apr-89 Wed assassination PIRA Loyalists shoot dead Protestant in a park UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/19/89 19-Apr-89 Wed assassination UVF Catholics Catholic construction worker shot dead on job UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 4/19/89 20-Apr-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb severs tracks between Dublin & Belfast UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/20/89 21-Apr-89 Fri no event 22-Apr-89 Sat assassination PIRA Loyalists taxi driver shot dead in taxi UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 4/22/89 23-Apr-89 Sun no event 24-Apr-89 Mon no event 25-Apr-89 Tue no event 26-Apr-89 Wed no event 27-Apr-89 Thu no event 28-Apr-89 Fri attack PIRA government police run a stolen car through checkpoint; police fire UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4 0 2 0 Y 8 1 0 83389 Reuters 4/28/89 29-Apr-89 Sat no event 30-Apr-89 Sun no event 1-May-89 Mon no event 2-May-89 Tue no event 3-May-89 Wed no event 4-May-89 Thu bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops "car bomb kills soldier, injures 3 civilians" UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 5 2 1 83389 Reuters 5/4/89 4-May-89 Thu bomb-wd PIRA government prison prison official killed by car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Loughgall Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 83389 Reuters 5/4/89 5-May-89 Fri no event 6-May-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops 5 soldiers injured by car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 5 5 0 83389 Reuters 5/6/89 6-May-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops bomb injures 4 soldiers on patrol UK/Northern Ireland Camlough Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 4 0 83389 Reuters 5/7/89 7-May-89 Sun no event 8-May-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops landmine injures 2 soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Augher Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 5/8/89 9-May-89 Tue no event 10-May-89 Wed no event 11-May-89 Thu no event 12-May-89 Fri no event 13-May-89 Sat no event 14-May-89 Sun kneecapping PIRA juvenile delinquents 3 shot or drilled in the knee; 1 also in hands UK/Northern Ireland Belfast punishment 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/15/89 15-May-89 Mon assassination UVF Catholics Catholic workman shot dead on the job UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 5/15/89 15-May-89 Mon attack UVF Sinn Fein rocket attack on Sinn Fein office UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 5/15/89 16-May-89 Tue hostage-nd PIRA Catholics family held hostage for PIRA to prepare bomb site UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 12 hours 3 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/17/89 16-May-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police "soldier, policeman & 4 civilians injured by bomb" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 2 2 0 83389 Reuters 5/16/89 17-May-89 Wed deployment PIRA government UK troops troops deployed at polling places against terror UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland terror 0 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/17/89 18-May-89 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police riot as ballot boxes are carried away UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/18/89 18-May-89 Thu riot Sinn Fein government police riot as ballot boxes are carried away UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 Y 301 0 0 83389 Reuters 5/18/89 18-May-89 Thu bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops "landmine kills 3, injures 1 soldier" UK/Northern Ireland Mayobridge Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 4 1 3 83389 Reuters 5/18/89 19-May-89 Fri no event 20-May-89 Sat no event 21-May-89 Sun no event 22-May-89 Mon no event 23-May-89 Tue no event 24-May-89 Wed no event 25-May-89 Thu no event 26-May-89 Fri no event 27-May-89 Sat no event 28-May-89 Sun no event 29-May-89 Mon no event 30-May-89 Tue no event 31-May-89 Wed no event 1-Jun-89 Thu convict PIRA government court convicted of murdering 2 UK soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/19/88 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/1/89 2-Jun-89 Fri attack PIRA government UK troops machine gun attack on fort UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 15 minutes 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/2/89 2-Jun-89 Fri attack PIRA government police gunmen attack patrol UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 2 0 83389 Reuters 6/2/89 3-Jun-89 Sat no event 4-Jun-89 Sun no event 5-Jun-89 Mon no event 6-Jun-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government van bomb destroys new shopping center; 3 women injured UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 83389 Reuters 6/6/89 7-Jun-89 Wed no event 8-Jun-89 Thu no event 9-Jun-89 Fri no event 10-Jun-89 Sat no event 11-Jun-89 Sun no event 12-Jun-89 Mon no event 13-Jun-89 Tue no event 14-Jun-89 Wed no event 15-Jun-89 Thu attack PIRA government police gunmen attack patrol; child hit in crossfire UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 8 0 1 48914 Reuters 6/15/89 15-Jun-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government UDR UDR man seriously injured in car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Coleraine Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 1 0 48914 Xinhau 6/15/89 16-Jun-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb injures 7 police & 2 civilians UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 7 0 48914 Reuters 6/16/89 17-Jun-89 Sat no event 18-Jun-89 Sun no event 19-Jun-89 Mon no event 20-Jun-89 Tue no event 21-Jun-89 Wed no event 22-Jun-89 Thu no event 23-Jun-89 Fri no event 24-Jun-89 Sat assassination UVF Catholics 3 gunmen shoot dead bartender UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 6/24/89 25-Jun-89 Sun no event 26-Jun-89 Mon no event 27-Jun-89 Tue no event 28-Jun-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb in paint store injures 13 UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 6/28/89 28-Jun-89 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government police car bomb kills policeman UK/Northern Ireland Strabane Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 48914 Reuters 6/28/89 29-Jun-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb explodes under train UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 6/29/89 30-Jun-89 Fri no event 1-Jul-89 Sat assassination PIRA government police shoot dead a policeman; wound his mother UK/Northern Ireland Garvagh Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 48914 Reuters 7/1/89 2-Jul-89 Sun no event 3-Jul-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government airport 3 bombs destroy planes & control tower UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 5:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 7/3/89 4-Jul-89 Tue no event 5-Jul-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA firm quarry bomb 2 quarries that supply building sector UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 7/5/89 6-Jul-89 Thu no event 7-Jul-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government police "bomb hits patrol car, injuring 3 police" UK/Northern Ireland Red Arch Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 3 0 48914 Reuters 7/7/89 8-Jul-89 Sat no event 9-Jul-89 Sun no event 10-Jul-89 Mon no event 11-Jul-89 Tue riot Loyalists government police clash with police on eve of Battle of Boyne UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 301 0 1 0 Y 301 4 0 350000 Reuters 7/12/89 12-Jul-89 Wed march Loyalists Catholics mark the Battle of Boyne victory UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland British unity 7/12/1690 100000 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 350000 Reuters 7/12/89 13-Jul-89 Thu no event 14-Jul-89 Fri no event 15-Jul-89 Sat no event 16-Jul-89 Sun no event 17-Jul-89 Mon no event 18-Jul-89 Tue assassination PIRA firm CEO murder businessman kidnapped in Ireland UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 7/17/89 5 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Xinhau 7/18/89 19-Jul-89 Wed no event 20-Jul-89 Thu no event 21-Jul-89 Fri no event 22-Jul-89 Sat no event 23-Jul-89 Sun no event 24-Jul-89 Mon no event 25-Jul-89 Tue no event 26-Jul-89 Wed no event 27-Jul-89 Thu no event 28-Jul-89 Fri raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 7/28/89 29-Jul-89 Sat no event 30-Jul-89 Sun no event 31-Jul-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government "hijack laundry van, put in 450 kg bomb, explode it" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 7/31/89 1-Aug-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb Dublin-Belfast rail line UK/Northern Ireland Lurgan Irish unity 23:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/1/89 2-Aug-89 Wed no event 3-Aug-89 Thu no event 4-Aug-89 Fri no event 5-Aug-89 Sat no event 6-Aug-89 Sun no event 7-Aug-89 Mon no event 8-Aug-89 Tue no event 9-Aug-89 Wed riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police on anniversary of detention UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/71 301 0 31 1 Y 301 0 0 48914 Xinhau 8/9/89 9-Aug-89 Wed assassination UVF Catholics gunmen burst into home & shoot dead 2 Catholics UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/9/89 10-Aug-89 Thu no event 11-Aug-89 Fri rally Sinn Fein government police funeral for 15-year old boy killed 8/9/89 UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/89 301 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/11/89 11-Aug-89 Fri riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police after funeral UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/9/89 101 0 3 0 Y 301 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/11/89 12-Aug-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb explodes in city center UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Xinhau 8/12/89 12-Aug-89 Sat march Loyalists Catholics Apprentice Boys march through Derry UK/Northern Ireland Derry British unity 8/10/1688 15000 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 350000 Reuters 8/12/89 13-Aug-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police police find car with 5 kg bomb; passengers flee UK/Northern Ireland Creggan Irish unity 8/12/70 2 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Sunday Telegraph 8/13/89 13-Aug-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb Belfast-Derry railroad UK/Northern Ireland Coleraine Irish unity 8/12/70 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Sunday Telegraph 8/13/89 13-Aug-89 Sun march Sinn Fein government police mark 20 years of UK troops in Ulster UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/12/70 5000 0 0 0 N 1001 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/13/89 13-Aug-89 Sun riot Sinn Fein government police hijack & set ablaze 2 buses; clash with police UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8/12/70 301 0 0 0 Y 1001 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/13/89 14-Aug-89 Mon march Sinn Fein government mark 20 years of UK troops in Ulster UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 8/12/70 5000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/14/89 14-Aug-89 Mon demonstration Sinn Fein government police mill around police stations yelling 'troops out!' UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8/12/70 101 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/14/89 15-Aug-89 Tue arrest NORAID government police arrest U.S. NORAID lawyer UK/Northern Ireland Derry terror 1 1 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/15/89 15-Aug-89 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police clash with police; throw fire bombs; police shoot plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 301 0 2 0 Y 301 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/15/89 15-Aug-89 Tue arrest photographer government police arrest German on suspicion of aiding PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 1 1 0 0 N 301 0 0 3001 Xinhau 8/16/89 16-Aug-89 Wed no event 17-Aug-89 Thu no event 18-Aug-89 Fri attack PIRA government police machine gun attack on police station UK/Northern Ireland Armagh Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/18/89 18-Aug-89 Fri deport photographer government court German photographer deported UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 8/15/89 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 3001 Reuters 8/18/89 19-Aug-89 Sat no event 20-Aug-89 Sun no event 21-Aug-89 Mon no event 22-Aug-89 Tue no event 23-Aug-89 Wed accede Sinn Fein government UK pays $1 million to victims of plastic bullets UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland accede 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 8/23/89 24-Aug-89 Thu no event 25-Aug-89 Fri assassination UFF Catholics shoot dead Catholic in his home UK/Northern Ireland Rathfriland British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 8/25/89 26-Aug-89 Sat no event 27-Aug-89 Sun no event 28-Aug-89 Mon no event 29-Aug-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Dublin-Belfast line UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Press Association 8/29/89 30-Aug-89 Wed bomb-nd PIRA government UDR defuse Semtex bomb attached to car UK/Northern Ireland Aughinlig Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Press Association 8/30/89 31-Aug-89 Thu no event 1-Sep-89 Fri bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Antrim-Ballymena line UK/Northern Ireland Ballymena Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Press Association 9/1/89 1-Sep-89 Fri raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Omagh Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Press Association 9/1/89 2-Sep-89 Sat assassination UVF Catholics shoot dead Catholic grocer; police shoot gunmen UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 2 0 1 1 Y 3 0 0 350000 Xinhau 9/2/89 3-Sep-89 Sun no event 3-Sep-89 Sun no event 4-Sep-89 Mon no event 5-Sep-89 Tue no event 6-Sep-89 Wed no event 7-Sep-89 Thu no event 8-Sep-89 Fri no event 9-Sep-89 Sat no event 10-Sep-89 Sun arrest UDR government police arrest 2 UDR for murder of Catholic UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 8/9/89 2 2 0 0 N 8 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/9/89 11-Sep-89 Mon convict PIRA government court convict of murder; sentenced to 92 years UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/21/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 9/11/89 11-Sep-89 Mon trial UDR government court indicted for murder of Catholic UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 8/9/89 2 2 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/11/89 12-Sep-89 Tue no event 13-Sep-89 Wed trial UVF government court charged with procuring guns for UVF UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Financial Times 9/14/89 14-Sep-89 Thu no event 15-Sep-89 Fri no event 16-Sep-89 Sat assassination PIRA government UK troops shoot dead soldier repairing police phones UK/Northern Ireland Coalisland Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 48914 Reuters 9/16/89 17-Sep-89 Sun no event 18-Sep-89 Mon no event 19-Sep-89 Tue no event 20-Sep-89 Wed no event 21-Sep-89 Thu no event 22-Sep-89 Fri no event 23-Sep-89 Sat no event 24-Sep-89 Sun no event 25-Sep-89 Mon no event 26-Sep-89 Tue no event 27-Sep-89 Wed no event 28-Sep-89 Thu no event 29-Sep-89 Fri no event 30-Sep-89 Sat trial soldier government court charged with leaking PIRA suspect list UK/Northern Ireland Belfast leaking secret list 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 9/30/89 1-Oct-89 Sun no event 2-Oct-89 Mon no event 3-Oct-89 Tue no event 4-Oct-89 Wed assassination PIRA Catholics shoot dead wrong man in school yard UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Xinhau 10/4/89 4-Oct-89 Wed kneecapping PIRA Catholics shoot teenager in knees as punishment UK/Northern Ireland Belfast punishment 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Xinhau 10/4/89 5-Oct-89 Thu no event 6-Oct-89 Fri statement Catholic Church PIRA bishop says PIRA fighters cannot be Catholics UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 1 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 300000 Reuters 10/6/89 7-Oct-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police string of bomb explosions across Ulster UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 27 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 7-Oct-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government prison police find bomb near prison; foil jail break UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 8 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 7-Oct-89 Sat arrest UDR government police arrest UDR suspects for leaking secrets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast leaking secret list 28 28 0 0 N 101 0 0 350000 Reuters 10/8/89 7-Oct-89 Sat raid PIRA government police find Semtex & guns in prison toilets UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 101 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 7-Oct-89 Sat attack PIRA government police machine gun attack on police station UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 2 0 0 Y 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/12/89 8-Oct-89 Sun bomb-wd PIRA government police car bomb kills policeman UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 8-Oct-89 Sun attack PIRA government police police foil mortar attack; defuse mortars UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 3 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 8-Oct-89 Sun riot Sinn Fein government police riot at bar injures 2 police UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 31 8 0 0 Y 8 2 0 48914 Reuters 10/8/89 8-Oct-89 Sun assassination UVF Sinn Fein shoot & injure SF official & his father UK/Northern Ireland Lyurgan British unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 10/9/89 9-Oct-89 Mon assassination PIRA Loyalists shoot dead a construction worker UK/Northern Ireland Kilrea Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Xinhau 10/9/89 9-Oct-89 Mon trial UDR government court charged with illegal possession of ammunition UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 4 4 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Xinhau 10/9/89 10-Oct-89 Tue raid PIRA government police police search prison for bombs & guns UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 0 0 0 0 N 200 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/10/89 11-Oct-89 Wed no event 12-Oct-89 Thu trial PIRA government court charged with attempted murder UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 10/7/89 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/12/89 13-Oct-89 Fri no event 14-Oct-89 Sat no event 15-Oct-89 Sun demonstration Sinn Fein government march against press ban on PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 301 0 0 0 N 301 0 0 48914 Financial Times 10/16/89 16-Oct-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government police police defuse bomb on school yard UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/16/89 17-Oct-89 Tue strike college lecturers government strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wages 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Financial Times 10/18/89 18-Oct-89 Wed assassination PIRA Loyalists "burst into home, shoot dead husband & father" UK/Northern Ireland Magheralin Irish unity 22:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/18/89 19-Oct-89 Thu no event 20-Oct-89 Fri no event 21-Oct-89 Sat preempt PIRA government prison all visits cancelled; fear of riot UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Observer 10/22/89 22-Oct-89 Sun extort PIRA organization demand protection money for Halloween kids' fair UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 10/23/89 23-Oct-89 Mon no event 24-Oct-89 Tue no event 25-Oct-89 Wed no event 26-Oct-89 Thu attack PIRA government UK troops mortar attack on fort UK/Northern Ireland Crossmaglen Irish unity 8 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/26/89 27-Oct-89 Fri no event 28-Oct-89 Sat symbolic citizens PIRA ride in 'peace train' from Belfast to Dublin UK/Northern Ireland Belfast anti-train bombings 1000 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 700000 Reuters 10/28/89 28-Oct-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA citizens bomb scare on 'peace train'; riders refuse to leave UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 8 hours 3 0 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/29/89 28-Oct-89 Sat symbolic citizens PIRA refuse to leave train during bomb scare UK/Northern Ireland Portadown anti-train bombings 20 hours 48 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 700000 Reuters 10/29/89 29-Oct-89 Sun hijack PIRA newspaper carrier "hijack car, insert bomb, make him drive to police station" UK/Northern Ireland Carrickmore Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 10/30/89 29-Oct-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police hijacked car bomb blows up at police station UK/Northern Ireland Carrickmore Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 10/30/89 30-Oct-89 Mon no event 31-Oct-89 Tue riot Sinn Fein government police besiege police station with fire bombs UK/Northern Ireland Coalisland Irish unity 19:00-22:00 50 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/31/89 31-Oct-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Belfast-Bangor line UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/31/89 31-Oct-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Belfast-Alarne line UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/31/89 31-Oct-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Newry-Dundalk line UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/31/89 31-Oct-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government railroad bomb on Belfast-Dublin line UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 10/31/89 31-Oct-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police police disarm car bomb UK/Northern Ireland Cappagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/1/89 1-Nov-89 Wed no event 2-Nov-89 Thu no event 3-Nov-89 Fri no event 4-Nov-89 Sat attack PIRA government police rocket grenade attack on police Land Rover UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 4 0 0 0 Y 4 4 0 48914 Reuters 11/4/89 4-Nov-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA government police police disarm 700 kg van bomb UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/4/89 5-Nov-89 Sun no event 6-Nov-89 Mon assassination PIRA Loyalists shoot man dead through his front door UK/Northern Ireland Derriaghy Irish unity 2 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/6/89 7-Nov-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government police set bomb in assistant RUC chief's home UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/7/89 8-Nov-89 Wed no event 9-Nov-89 Thu raid PIRA government police police raid flat & arrest 2 UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 2 2 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/9/89 10-Nov-89 Fri no event 11-Nov-89 Sat bomb-nd PIRA firm Xtra-Vision bomb video store that refuses to pay PIRA UK/Northern Ireland Belfast extortion 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 11/14/89 12-Nov-89 Sun bomb-nd PIRA government police bomb explodes where memorial service would be UK/Northern Ireland Stewartstown Irish unity 5:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/12/89 13-Nov-89 Mon no event 14-Nov-89 Tue no event 15-Nov-89 Wed demonstration Loyalists government march against Anglo-Irish accord UK/Northern Ireland Belfast British unity 11/15/85 301 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 11/15/89 15-Nov-89 Wed hunger strike ambulance drivers government hunger strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 3 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Daily Telegraph 11/16/89 16-Nov-89 Thu hunger strike ambulance drivers government hunger strike for higher pay UK/Northern Ireland Belfast wages 3 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 550700 Daily Telegraph 11/16/89 16-Nov-89 Thu symbolic Loyalists government "seek to hold hands across Ulster, but low turnout prevents it" UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland British unity 11/15/85 1 hour 31 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Daily Telegraph 11/16/89 16-Nov-89 Thu bomb-wd PIRA firm construction car bomb kills owner of construction firm UK/Northern Ireland Dungannon Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/16/89 16-Nov-89 Thu ultimatum PIRA firm construction says it will kill any builder working for the state UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Irish unity 8 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/16/89 17-Nov-89 Fri assassination PIRA government UDR shoot dead UDR man as he drives a car UK/Northern Ireland Armagh Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 1 0 1 48914 Reuters 11/17/89 17-Nov-89 Fri accede PIRA firm construction construction firm agrees to leave Ulster UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland extortion 11/16/89 31 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/17/89 18-Nov-89 Sat bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops landmine hits Land Rover & kills 3 soldiers UK/Northern Ireland Mayobridge Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 3 0 3 48914 Reuters 11/19/89 19-Nov-89 Sun no event 20-Nov-89 Mon convict PIRA government court convict of assisting murder a PIRA steward UK/Northern Ireland Belfast terror 3/21/88 1 1 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/20/89 21-Nov-89 Tue no event 22-Nov-89 Wed no event 23-Nov-89 Thu no event 24-Nov-89 Fri no event 25-Nov-89 Sat no event 26-Nov-89 Sun no event 27-Nov-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA firm Short Brothers "5 bombs planted; 2 explode, 3 defused" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 3:00 9 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 11/27/89 28-Nov-89 Tue no event 29-Nov-89 Wed attack UVF Catholics "gunmen open fire in Catholic bar; 2 dead, 1 injured" UK/Northern Ireland Ardboe British unity 21:00 3 0 0 0 Y 0 0 0 350000 Reuters 11/29/89 30-Nov-89 Thu no event 1-Dec-89 Fri no event 2-Dec-89 Sat no event 3-Dec-89 Sun no event 4-Dec-89 Mon no event 5-Dec-89 Tue no event 6-Dec-89 Wed arrest UK troops government police arrest for suspicion of leaking PIRA secrets UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland leaking secret list 31 31 0 0 N 0 0 0 350000 Financial Times 12/7/89 7-Dec-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops bomb explodes in central Lisburn; 20 injured UK/Northern Ireland Lisburn Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 101 0 0 48914 Reuters 12/7/89 8-Dec-89 Fri no event 9-Dec-89 Sat no event 10-Dec-89 Sun no event 11-Dec-89 Mon bomb-nd PIRA government police "car crashes, bomb found inside & defused" UK/Northern Ireland Limavady Irish unity 4 3 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/12/89 11-Dec-89 Mon hijack PIRA Catholics "steal van, hold family hostage to plant bomb" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 6 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/13/89 12-Dec-89 Tue raid PIRA government police "find bomb, defuse it & arrest 6 suspects" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 12/11/89 6 6 0 0 N 31 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/13/89 13-Dec-89 Wed bomb-wd PIRA government UK troops "drive bomb-laden van into fort, 2 killed" UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 2 2 48914 Xinhau 12/13/89 13-Dec-89 Wed attack PIRA government UK troops machine gun & grenade attack follows bomb UK/Northern Ireland Rosslea Irish unity 9 0 0 0 Y 8 2 0 48914 Xinhau 12/13/89 14-Dec-89 Thu no event 15-Dec-89 Fri deployment PIRA government UK troops UK troops at border get heavy machine guns UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland terror 0 0 0 0 N 10000 0 0 48914 Reuters 12/15/89 16-Dec-89 Sat no event 17-Dec-89 Sun no event 18-Dec-89 Mon deployment PIRA government UK troops helicopters now armed with machine guns UK/Northern Ireland Northern Ireland terror 0 0 0 0 N 10000 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/20/89 19-Dec-89 Tue no event 20-Dec-89 Wed release PIRA government prison 250 prisoners released for Christmas UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Christmas release 250 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 48914 Reuters 12/20/89 21-Dec-89 Thu attack PIRA government police "car runs checkpoint, 15-year old girl wounded" UK/Northern Ireland Belfast Irish unity 5 4 1 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 12/21/89 21-Dec-89 Thu raid PIRA government police find arms cache UK/Northern Ireland Derry Irish unity 0 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Reuters 12/21/89 21-Dec-89 Thu bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops telephone pole Semtex bomb explodes near patrol UK/Northern Ireland Camlough Irish unity 3 0 0 0 Y 8 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/27/89 22-Dec-89 Fri no event 23-Dec-89 Sat no event 24-Dec-89 Sun no event 25-Dec-89 Mon no event 26-Dec-89 Tue bomb-nd PIRA government UK troops defuse bomb under manhole cover UK/Northern Ireland Newry Irish unity 3 0 0 0 N 8 0 0 48914 Daily Telegraph 12/27/89 27-Dec-89 Wed no event 28-Dec-89 Thu no event 29-Dec-89 Fri no event 30-Dec-89 Sat no event 31-Dec-89 Sun no event