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The Poppy Day Bomb

The Poppy Day Bomb

The Times 7 Episodes Nov 3, 2025

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.

Episodes

The Answers?  (Pt 6)
The Answers? (Pt 6) Nov 3, 2025 39:55 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. Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukinvestigates.podcasts@thetimes.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Politician (Pt 5)
The Politician (Pt 5) Oct 30, 2025 35:01 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. Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukinvestigates.podcasts@thetimes.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Dirty War (Pt 4)
The Dirty War (Pt 4) Oct 27, 2025 39:06 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. Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukinvestigates.podcasts@thetimes.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Borderlands (Pt 3)
The Borderlands (Pt 3) Oct 22, 2025 43:08 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. Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukinvestigates.podcasts@thetimes.com&nbsp
The Aftermath (Pt 2)
The Aftermath (Pt 2) Oct 19, 2025 32:43 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.ukinvestigates.podcasts@thetimes.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Atrocity (Pt 1)
The Atrocity (Pt 1) Oct 19, 2025 30:17 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.c
Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb
Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb Oct 13, 2025 2:10 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 hap

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