With his investigation reaching its final stages, Mario is given a name…

And could a change in the law mean a breakthrough for the Enniskillen families?

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times. 

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Mario speaks with a former IRA volunteer, who tells him something shocking about the bombing.

Deep into his investigation, Mario is left asking how high up did the decision to authorise the killing go?

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times. 

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Mario searches for the ‘man with the limp’, allegedly seen in the Reading Rooms the night before the bombing.

He learns the man is also linked to another terror plot. 

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times. 

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Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.  

He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb. 

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times. 

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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. 

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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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On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people.

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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Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives? 

If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.

Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow. 

Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It' 

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times. 

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Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of murder and 14 of aiding suicide. James returns to speak with David Parfett, the bereaved father whose loss began it all. 

WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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Days after Poison first aired, Kenneth Law is arrested in Canada. At a late-night press conference, police reveal the alleged scale of his operation: 1,200 packages, shipped to over 40 countries.

For the families left behind, the arrest brings both relief and renewed grief,  and a question that hangs over the entire investigation: why did it take so long?

WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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