# Terrorist Attack

This year

2023

# Pakistan

Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan blast that killed 54

The blast has raised fears Pakistan could be in for a bloody election period.

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Jul 31st 2023, 6:39 PM

All time

# Auckland

New Zealand PM says supermarket stabbing was a 'terrorist' attack

Police shot a man dead after he stabbed six people in Auckland.

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Sep 3rd 2021, 7:16 AM

# Sweden

Swedish Prime Minister condemns 'horrific violence' after seven injured in suspected terror attack

The suspect was taken to hospital after being shot in the leg by police.

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Mar 4th 2021, 7:56 AM

# Looking Back

Winning the '4 in a row,' getting capped by Ireland and escaping a 2016 terrorist attack

Ex-Shamrock Rovers player Peter Eccles is the latest to feature in our League of Ireland Legends series.

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Jan 17th 2021, 9:30 PM

# Christchurch

At least 49 people dead after mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques

Four people are in custody, including an Australian citizen described as a ‘right-wing terrorist’.

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Mar 15th 2019, 8:05 AM

# Sousse attacks

Four jihadists get life for deadly 2015 Tunisia beach attacks in which three Irish tourists died

Five other defendants in the Sousse case were handed jail terms ranging from six months to six years, while 17 were acquitted.

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Feb 9th 2019, 10:58 AM

# The Netherlands

Two people seriously injured in Amsterdam train station stabbing are US citizens, ambassador says

The assailant was identified as a 19-year-old Afghan man with a German residency permit.

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Sep 1st 2018, 12:45 PM

# Terrorism

Paris set to unveil bulletproof glass walls around Eiffel Tower

Metal barriers are also being installed as part of €35 million worth of security measures.

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Jun 15th 2018, 10:12 PM

# Metropolitan Police

Two more arrests made in Wales over Parsons Green tube attack

Thirty people were injured in a chemical attack on the tube last Friday.

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Sep 20th 2017, 10:50 AM

# las ramblas

'She thought I was dead': Irish survivor of Barcelona attack speaks out

An Irish-Filipino family were caught up in the Barcelona terror attack last week.

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Aug 21st 2017, 5:03 PM

# irish eyewitness

Barcelona terror attack: 'The waiter came over to us with the bill and said we couldn't leave'

Irish woman Aoife Roy was having dinner with friends at a Las Ramblas restaurant when the attack happened.

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Aug 17th 2017, 9:02 PM

# las ramblas

Barcelona terror attack: Two arrested, at least 13 dead and 80 injured

A white van drove into crowds on the pedestrianised Las Ramblas area of Barcelona this afternoon.

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Aug 17th 2017, 7:30 PM

# Best wishes

Lions to dedicate performances in New Zealand to victims of London attack

The touring squad were shocked by the news from London.

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Jun 4th 2017, 8:47 AM

# on alert

Gardaí host conference to prepare Dublin Airport staff for terror attack

Law enforcement representatives will discuss how to respond to the types of lone wolf attacks seen across Europe recently.

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May 29th 2017, 10:02 AM

# Manchester Arena

British police arrest six men and one woman over Manchester bombing

There are reports that the younger brother and father of the bomber have been arrested in Libya.

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May 24th 2017, 10:50 PM

# Terrorist Attack

Gardaí are monitoring a small number of individuals 'who do not have this country's interests at heart'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called a security meeting following recent terrorist attacks in Europe.

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Apr 13th 2017, 6:10 AM

# sousse beach

UK judge blasts 'shambolic' and 'cowardly' Tunisian police at terror attack inquest

Three Irish citizens were among the 38 people killed in the 2015 terror attack at Sousse beach resort.

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Feb 28th 2017, 1:18 PM

# Foiled

16-year-old girl among four arrested for allegedly plotting terror attack in France

The four people were arrested in Montpellier.

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Feb 10th 2017, 10:39 AM

# MAN IN THE HAT

Brussels bombing suspect Abrini charged over Paris attacks

Belgian investigators said the Brussels airport and metro bombers were part of the same Brussels-based cell behind the Paris attacks.

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Jan 30th 2017, 3:40 PM

Voices

Isis sows seeds of inter-ethnic conflict to give its perverted ideology some sort of twisted logic

Security expert Tom Clonan writes from France, where he and his family were holidaying when Thursday night’s attack happened in Nice.

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Jul 16th 2016, 6:00 AM

# Terrorist Attack

Canadian citizen killed by Islamic militants in the Philippines

Three other individuals are still being held by the Abu Sayyaf militant group.

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Apr 26th 2016, 8:29 AM

# je suis charlie

Charlie Hebdo anniversary cover features God with a gun

“The assassin is still out there.”

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Jan 4th 2016, 8:43 AM

# Terrorist Attack

Taliban suicide bomber kills 26 in Pakistan

The man crashed a motorcycle into the main gate of a government office.

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Dec 29th 2015, 4:29 PM

# Terrorist Attack

Two airport workers arrested as Russia confirms Egypt plane crash was caused by bomb

A €47 million reward is being offered for information that would lead to the arrest of those responsible.

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Nov 17th 2015, 8:45 AM

# anzac day

Britain's youngest terrorist: 15-year-old boy sentenced over plans to 'run a cop over'

The boy (then 14) suggested the man should “break into someone’s house and get your first taste of beheading”.

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Oct 2nd 2015, 11:54 AM

# secret trial

Student weeps in court after being cleared of planning terrorist attack

Journalists were allowed in for small sections of the trial – but they still cannot report on the details.

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Mar 26th 2015, 4:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: An alliance between secular and religious people would defeat extremism

Defeating religious extremism cannot be left one group alone – we’re in this together.

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Jan 23rd 2015, 12:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: Islam must be treated like Christianity in Europe – accepted, revered and lambasted

It is up to moderate people to have an open debate about religion and society. Otherwise, extremists will have it for us.

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Jan 10th 2015, 8:00 AM

Voices

'I'll Ride With You': A blueprint for how we should deal with terrorism

Yesterday’s gesture by a Sydney commuter was an extraordinary show of solidarity and humanity – showing what differentiates us is negligible in comparison to what unites us.

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Dec 16th 2014, 1:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: The Irish handprints on the world's most symbolic site – One World Trade Centre

Many Irish and Kerry men spent more than five years working at the resurrected World Trade Centre site.

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Nov 23rd 2014, 8:45 AM

Voices

Column: 'My father told us our mother was gone. Her plane had crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.'

Victims’ families – like mine – need better protections and their voices heard.

Nov 14th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Plot

London men charged with plotting terrorism and taking oath of Islamic State group

Four men face terrorist charges and a fifth faces firearms charges.

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Oct 17th 2014, 2:28 PM

Voices

Column: One year on, we remember the lives lost and forever altered by the Boston bombings

It is unfortunate that, sometimes, it takes a tragedy of this magnitude to vitiate differences and to remind us of our common humanity, writes Larry Donnelly.

Apr 15th 2014, 8:00 AM