A bomb threat was sent to Garda Headquarters, warning that a device would be detonated near a garda station if authorities acted heavily against fuel protesters.
Detective Chief Inspector Dave Whellams expressed condolences, stating, 'My thoughts remain with the victim's family and loved ones, as well as those in the community who have been affected by this incident.'
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring outlined in his judgement last September that permission was not given to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to consent to the prosecution until 22 May a day after O hAnnaidh was charged. If 22 May was considered to be the date of the charge, that was six months and one day after the London gig where the offence allegedly took place.
the case was never about me, never about any threat to the public and never about terrorism. It was always about Palestine, about what happens if you dare to speak up, about what happens if you can reach large groups of people and expose their hypocrisy, about the lengths Britain will go to cover up Israeli and US war crimes
Those explosions brought an end to the IRA ceasefire and potentially the end to the peace strategy which I and others had worked on for 30 years. He said he had been stunned by what happened. Hill asked him: Did you know in advance about the February 96 explosion? Adams replied: No, of course not.
Abdullah Khan expressed that his violent actions were intended as a 'message to the Government and a message to McGregor,' highlighting his motivations behind the attacks.
This investigation continues at pace with a number of lines of inquiry being pursued by our detectives. The warrants of further detention for these three men will allow us to continue the investigation, while mitigating any potential risk to the public as we do so. This has been a long-running investigation and part of our ongoing work to disrupt malign activity where we suspect it.
He and fellow plotter Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed discussed making the IED using instructions in an al-Qaeda manual. Iqbal was caught on covert recordings telling Ahmed: I was looking and drove past like the TA centre, Marsh Road. At the bottom of their gate there's quite a big gap. If you had a little toy car it drives underneath one of their vehicles or something.
Gardaí were alerted to a suspect device in Clondalkin at around 7.20pm, a spokesperson said. A cordon was put in place around the area and gardaí requested services of the Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.
I was not involved in any way in the planning, preparation or conduct of any of the bombings, and have never been a senior, let alone most senior figure, in the IRA. I had no involvement in or advance knowledge of the Old Bailey bombing (1973), the Canary Wharf bombing (1996) or the Manchester bombing (1996).
We understand the public may be concerned, in particular the Jewish community, and as always, I would ask them to remain vigilant and if they see or hear anything that concerns them, then to contact us. The men, who were arrested at addresses in and around north London shortly after 1 a.m, are suspected on spying on locations and individuals.
Akbar, 48, told the Guardian he was attacked just after 8am on Christmas Eve: I opened the door and then a masked man started punching me, after asking are you Shahzad Akbar?' I must have got 25-30 punches on my face. The man seemed trained to do what he was doing: proper footwork like a boxer, going only for my face My children and wife were terrorised and screaming. Akbar says he managed to push the attacker out of his house.
We received a report at 12.45pm on 20 February of a man on board a train from Brighton with a firearm. Sussex Police officers met the train at Gatwick Airport, and arrested a man in possession of two imitation firearms. BTP officers are investigating.
The UK government is appealing the September 2025 decision to dismiss the case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh, which was thrown out on technical grounds relating to how the charge against him was brought. He was charged in May after allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a gig at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London, in November 2024.
