Dissident Republicans strike again as bomb explodes at west Belfast PSNI station

About this episode

The episode discusses recent bombings in Belfast attributed to the New IRA and explores the implications for security and the potential for a United Ireland.

Dissident republican bombers have struck twice in recent weeks. On Saturday a bomb exploded at Dunmurry PSNI station in Belfast. The bombers used an almost identical method to those who tried to attack Lurgan police station last month. In both attacks a delivery driver was hijacked, threatened, and told to drive the bomb to its target. These attacks, claimed by the New IRA, came after a lull in violence– so what has sparked this outbreak? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph security correspondent, Allison Morris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ciarán Dunbar

Guest: Allison Morris

Topics covered

• New IRA
• bombings
• Belfast
• security
• violence
• dissident republicans

Keywords

• New IRA
• bombings
• Belfast
• security correspondent
• dissident republicans
• violence
• PSNI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New IRA, PSNI

Places: Dunmurry, Belfast, Lurgan

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