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- On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry; more than thirty people were injured. Thatcher was uninjured.
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4 days ago · The bomb exploded just before 03:00 BST on 12 October. Forty years ago the IRA detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton in a bid to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. Five people were killed ...
On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry; more than thirty people were injured. Thatcher was uninjured.
4 days ago · For the IRA, this was a problem. The Brighton bomb showed that the IRA capacity was greater than people imagined; it showed that they had outfoxed the British security system, and layers of ...
5 days ago · The Brighton bombing ended what many see as a time of naivety and innocence. You can watch a special programme on the Brighton Bombing - 'Bombing Thatcher: Brighton's night of terror' - on ITVX ...
4 days ago · The Grand has marked 40 years since a bomb exploded there, killing five. Staff gathered at the bottom of the hotel’s staircase shortly before noon to remember the tragic events of the morning of...
Oct 8, 2024 · The daughter of an MP murdered in the IRA’s Brighton bomb has said she has met the man responsible hundreds of times in the hope he will accept “nothing is worth killing for”.
4 days ago · Brighton Bombing, 40 years on. 'What saved Thatcher was the path it took'. Rory Carroll shares an excerpt from his book, “Killing Thatcher”, which takes a look at the Brighton bomb of 1984. 6 ...
