It is believed to have been a reprisal Revenge for the Irish Republican Army 's ( IRA ) killing Killing of two policemen the day before .

Northern Ireland 's police forces – especially the USC , which was almost exclusively Protestant and unionist – were implicated Bodily_harm in a number of attacks Attack on Catholic and Irish nationalist civilians as reprisal Revenge for IRA actions .

Support Supporting for the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) rose Expansion and there was a surge of recruitment Employment into the organisation , especially locally .

On 3 August 2001 , the Real IRA , a dissident Irish republican organisation and splinter of the Provisional IRA , detonated Attack a car bomb Terrorism containing 100 lb ( 45 kg ) of homemade plastic explosives Attack in Ealing Broadway , West London , England .

On 3 August 2001 , the Real IRA , a dissident Irish republican organisation and splinter of the Provisional IRA , detonated Attack a car bomb Terrorism containing 100 lb ( 45 kg ) of homemade plastic explosives Attack in Ealing Broadway , West London , England .

The Shankill Road bombing Attack was carried out Action by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on 23 October 1993 and is one of the most notorious incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland .

The IRA aimed Aiming to assassinate the leadership of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) , attending Participation a meeting above Frizzell 's fish shop on the Shankill Road , Belfast .

Two IRA members disguised Wearing as deliverymen entered Arriving the shop carrying Carry_goods a bomb , which detonated Attack prematurely .

Ten people were killed Killing : one of the IRA bombers , a UDA member and eight Protestant civilians , two of whom were children .

Unknown to the IRA , the meeting Social_event had ended Process_end early .

Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) detonated Attack two bombs during British military ceremonies in Hyde Park and Regent 's Park , both in central London .

The London Docklands bombing Attack ( also known as the South Quay bombing Attack or erroneously referred Name_conferral to as the Canary Wharf bombing Attack ) occurred Presence on 9 February 1996 , when the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) detonated Committing_crime a powerful truck bomb in South Quay ( which is outside Canary Wharf ) .

The attack Attack marked Recording an end to the IRA 's seventeen-month ceasefire Process_end , and came Action just over an hour after declaring Expressing_publicly so to Irish broadcaster RTÉ .

The IRA agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the ceasefire Process_end in August 1994 on the understanding that Sinn Féin would be allowed Preventing_or_letting to take part in peace negotiations Communication , but resumed Process_start its campaign Military_operation with the Docklands bombing Attack when the British government demanded Request a full IRA disarmament as a precondition for talks .

The IRA agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the ceasefire Process_end in August 1994 on the understanding that Sinn Féin would be allowed Preventing_or_letting to take part in peace negotiations Communication , but resumed Process_start its campaign Military_operation with the Docklands bombing Attack when the British government demanded Request a full IRA disarmament as a precondition for talks .

A few months later , the IRA detonated Committing_crime another , more powerful truck bomb in Manchester .

IRA member James McArdle was convicted Rewards_and_punishments of the bombing Attack in 1998 .

He had been a member of an IRA sniper team in South Armagh .

The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) claimed Statement responsibility , saying Statement that the workers were killed Killing because they were `` collaborating Collaboration '' with the `` forces of occupation '' .

In retaliation Revenge for an Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) ambush Attack of a police raiding Attack party Participation , Protestant loyalists attacked Attack Catholic enclaves , burning Destroying homes and businesses .

During the large funeral of three Provisional IRA members killed in Gibraltar , an Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) member , Michael Stone , attacked Attack the mourners with hand grenades and pistols .

He had learned Education_teaching there would be no police or armed IRA members at the cemetery .

The non-uniformed soldiers were dragged Body_movement from their car by an angry crowd , beaten and then shot Use_firearm dead by the IRA , in what became known as the corporals killings .

This quickly developed Coming_to_be into gun battles Hostile_encounter between British soldiers and the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) .

Thousands of British troops moved Motion into the curfew zone and carried out Action house-to-house searches Scrutiny for weapons , while coming Motion under intermittent attack Attack from the IRA and rioters .

It is seen Perception_active as having turned Becoming many Catholics/Irish nationalists against the British Army and having boosted Cause_change_of_strength support Supporting for the IRA .

From 1969 until 1997 , the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) conducted Action an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England , aimed Aiming at ending Process_end British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create Creating a united Ireland .

The Provisional IRA emerged Coming_to_be from a split in the Irish Republican Army in 1969 , partly as a result of that organisation 's perceived failure Earnings_and_losses to defend Defending Catholic neighbourhoods from attack Attack in the 1969 Northern Ireland riots .

From 1971–72 , the IRA took Conquering to the offensive and conducted Action a relatively high intensity campaign against the British and Northern Ireland security forces and the infrastructure of the state .

The British Army characterised Judgment_communication this period as the 'insurgency phase ' of the IRA 's campaign .

The IRA declared Expressing_publicly a brief ceasefire in 1972 and a more protracted one in 1975 , when there was an internal debate Quarreling over the feasibility of future operations .

The IRA now tried to carry out Military_operation a smaller scale but more sustained campaign which they characterised Judgment_communication as the 'Long War ' , with the eventual aim of weakening Cause_change_of_strength the British government 's resolve Resolve_problem to remain Presence in Ireland .

The British Army called this the 'terrorist phase ' of the IRA 's campaign .

The IRA made Manufacturing some attempts in the 1980s to escalate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the conflict Hostile_encounter with the aid Assistance of weapons imported from Libya .

On 31 August 1994 , the IRA called a unilateral ceasefire with the aim of having their associated political party , Sinn Féin , admitted Agree_or_refuse_to_act into the Northern Ireland peace process .

Other aspects of the Provisional IRA 's campaign are covered in the following articles :

The day began Process_start with an Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) operation , organised Arranging by Michael Collins , to assassinate Attack the 'Cairo Gang ' – a team of undercover British intelligence agents working Employment and living Placing in Dublin .

IRA members went to Motion a number of addresses Expressing_publicly and killed Killing or fatally wounded Bodily_harm fifteen people : nine British Army officers , a Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) officer , two members of the Auxiliary Division , two civilians , and another man who is believed to have been an intelligence agent .

Overall Bloody Sunday was considered Statement a victory for the IRA , as Collins 's operation severely damaged Damaging British intelligence , while the later reprisals did no real harm to the guerrillas but increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale support Supporting for the IRA at home and abroad .

Overall Bloody Sunday was considered Statement a victory for the IRA , as Collins 's operation severely damaged Damaging British intelligence , while the later reprisals did no real harm to the guerrillas but increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale support Supporting for the IRA at home and abroad .

The deaths Death led to Causation public mourning Social_event and protests against the Provisional IRA .

The 1996 Manchester bombing Attack was an attack Attack carried out Attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on Saturday 15 June 1996 .

The IRA detonated Attack a Lorry bomb on Corporation Street in the centre of Manchester , England .

The IRA had sent Sending telephoned warnings Warning about 90 minutes before the bomb detonated Attack .

In February 1996 , the IRA had ended Process_end its seventeen-month ceasefire with a large truck bomb attack Attack on London 's Canary Wharf financial district , though the 3,300-pound bomb of Manchester was three times the size of the Canary Wharf bomb .

Five days after the blast , the IRA issued Creating a statement Statement from Dublin in which it claimed Statement responsibility , but regretted causing Causation injury to civilians .

The main paramilitaries involved Cause_to_be_included are the Real IRA , Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann .

The main paramilitaries involved Cause_to_be_included are the Real IRA , Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann .

However , their campaign Motion has not been as intensive as the Provisional IRA 's .

The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) issued Statement an immediate denial of responsibility , and later claimed Statement that `` an internal court of inquiry '' had found Know that its local unit did not carry out Action the attack Attack .