The Poppy Day Bomb | Times Investigates

The Atrocity | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 1


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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. 


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