4 February – A former prison officer and his wife are shot dead at their home in Oldpark Road, Belfast, by the IRA.[1]
20 February – Eleven Loyalists, known as the
Shankill Butchers, are sentenced to life imprisonment for 112 offences, including nineteen sectarian murders.[1][2]
24 February – Two Catholic teenagers, mistaken in the dark for a
British Army foot patrol, are killed by the IRA in a remote-controlled bomb explosion at
Darkley,
County Armagh.[1]
16 March – The Bennett Report, investigating allegations of ill treatment of people held in interrogation centres in Northern Ireland, is published and Government undertakes to implement major recommendations.[1]
22 March – The IRA kills
Richard Sykes, British Ambassador to the
Netherlands, and his Dutch valet, in a gun attack in
The Hague, Netherlands.[3]
22 March – The IRA carries out a series of attacks across Northern Ireland with 24 bomb explosions.[1]
5 April – Two British Army soldiers are shot dead by the IRA while standing outside Andersonstown joint
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army base in Belfast.[1]
11 April – Two British Army soldiers die as the result of a gun attack carried out by the IRA in
Ballymurphy, Belfast.[1]
16 April – A prison officer is shot dead by the IRA as he leaves a church in
Clogher,
County Tyrone, where his sister had just been married.[1]
17 April – Four RUC officers are killed when the IRA explodes a 1,000-pound van bomb at
Bessbrook, County Armagh.[1]
19 April – A female prison officer is shot dead and three colleagues are injured in an IRA gun and grenade attack outside
Armagh women's prison.[1]
19 April – A British Army school cadet officer is shot dead by an IRA sniper in Belfast.[1]
29 September –
Pope John Paul II, in
Drogheda at the start of a 3-day visit to Ireland, appeals for an end to violence in Northern Ireland. Plans for him to extend his visit to Northern Ireland have been abandoned.[1]
4 February – A former prison officer and his wife are shot dead at their home in Oldpark Road, Belfast, by the IRA.[1]
20 February – Eleven Loyalists, known as the
Shankill Butchers, are sentenced to life imprisonment for 112 offences, including nineteen sectarian murders.[1][2]
24 February – Two Catholic teenagers, mistaken in the dark for a
British Army foot patrol, are killed by the IRA in a remote-controlled bomb explosion at
Darkley,
County Armagh.[1]
16 March – The Bennett Report, investigating allegations of ill treatment of people held in interrogation centres in Northern Ireland, is published and Government undertakes to implement major recommendations.[1]
22 March – The IRA kills
Richard Sykes, British Ambassador to the
Netherlands, and his Dutch valet, in a gun attack in
The Hague, Netherlands.[3]
22 March – The IRA carries out a series of attacks across Northern Ireland with 24 bomb explosions.[1]
5 April – Two British Army soldiers are shot dead by the IRA while standing outside Andersonstown joint
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army base in Belfast.[1]
11 April – Two British Army soldiers die as the result of a gun attack carried out by the IRA in
Ballymurphy, Belfast.[1]
16 April – A prison officer is shot dead by the IRA as he leaves a church in
Clogher,
County Tyrone, where his sister had just been married.[1]
17 April – Four RUC officers are killed when the IRA explodes a 1,000-pound van bomb at
Bessbrook, County Armagh.[1]
19 April – A female prison officer is shot dead and three colleagues are injured in an IRA gun and grenade attack outside
Armagh women's prison.[1]
19 April – A British Army school cadet officer is shot dead by an IRA sniper in Belfast.[1]
29 September –
Pope John Paul II, in
Drogheda at the start of a 3-day visit to Ireland, appeals for an end to violence in Northern Ireland. Plans for him to extend his visit to Northern Ireland have been abandoned.[1]