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The Poppy Day Bomb

The Poppy Day Bomb

By: The Times
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A bombing kills 11 people attending the Remembrance Sunday commemorations in the small town of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. A twelfth victim would die in a coma 13 years later.


No one has ever been charged.


A lifetime later, The Times’s reporter Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to fully investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened.

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  • Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb
    Oct 13 2025

    On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people. A twelfth victim would die in a coma 13 years later.


    No one has ever been charged.


    The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?


    Begins Monday 20th October.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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    2 mins
  • The Atrocity (Pt 1)
    Oct 19 2025

    On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.


    A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.


    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com


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    30 mins
  • The Aftermath (Pt 2)
    Oct 19 2025

    Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.


    And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

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    33 mins
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