On this day.

[armaghniac]

On this day, 49 years ago, the Miami showband were murdered by the loyalists on the road between Loughbrickland and Newry.

[Rossfan]

The UDR at its nasty sectarian best

[Snapchap]

On this day, 49 years ago, the Miami showband were murdered by the loyalists on the road between Loughbrickland and Newry.

Murdered by the British security forces, you mean.

[Milltown Row2]

On this day, 49 years ago, the Miami showband were murdered by the loyalists on the road between Loughbrickland and Newry.

Murdered by the British security forces, you mean.

Wasn't much of a difference then to be fair

[square_ball]

Omagh bomb 26 years ago today.

[LC]

Such a tragedy and an awful waste of life.

[Rossfan]

Such a tragedy and an awful waste of life.

Wasn't it just.

A shower of cnuts who tried to derail the peace process and wouldn't accept the will of the people.

[AustinPowers]

Yesterday (Sunday) 8th December 1980, John Lennon was shot dead

Anyone remember it  happening? Or where they were when  they heard the news?

[Milltown Row2]

Yesterday (Sunday) 8th December 1980, John Lennon was shot dead

Anyone remember it  happening? Or where they were when  they heard the news?

Mum was ironing in front of the tv, I don't think we'd the extension done, so living room, scullery all pretty cramped and she started crying when the news came on about his murder.

Always remembered my dad didn't like him too much when he became all political,  thought he became too much of a smartarse.

Weird that it's still a memory

[Truthsayer]

Was in my late teens (giving away my age!) in a cold kitchen about to head out to work 7am or so (mid week) and was on the radio news. We were used to killings on the news those mornings across the North.
Still remember that and where I was working and boy who gave me lift to work. Didn't know much about John Lennon then, other than he was in The Beatles whose heyday was 1960s. Music for us was the Top 30.. Undertones, Police, Boomtown Rats, Thin Lizzy etc and of course Horslips.
I remember that night TV news, crowd in Central Park, New York with candles singing Give Peace A Chance. I think a few Lennon songs went to No 1 later.. maybe. Certainly became iconic... Merry Christmas, Imagine, Give Peace A Chance... all a long time ago.
Was no social media or 24 hour rolling news then...

[Blowitupref]

20 years ago today. Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed an estimated 230,000 lives.  The death toll affected more than 60 countries including four Irish tourists lost their lives.

Dublin woman Eilis Finnegan, a 27-year-old United Airlines air hostess, died in Thailand.

Ms Finnegan, from Ballyfermot, was on the beach in the Phi Phi islands with her boyfriend Barry Murphy (29) from Castleknock in Dublin when the tsunami struck.

The other three Irish victims of the tsunami also died in Thailand.


Lucy Coyle (28), an accountant from Killiney, Co Dublin; student Michael Murphy (23) from Knockbawn, Blackwater, Co Wexford and Conor Keightley (31) from Cookstown, Co Tyrone were killed as the giant wave struck without warning.

[From the Bunker]

Yesterday (Sunday) 8th December 1980, John Lennon was shot dead

Anyone remember it  happening? Or where they were when  they heard the news?

Mum was ironing in front of the tv, I don't think we'd the extension done, so living room, scullery all pretty cramped and she started crying when the news came on about his murder.

Always remembered my dad didn't like him too much when he became all political,  thought he became too much of a smartarse.

Weird that it's still a memory

My father thought the same of Mohammed Ali. Must be an Irish thing.

[Nanderson]

20 years ago today. Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed an estimated 230,000 lives.  The death toll affected more than 60 countries including four Irish tourists lost their lives.

Dublin woman Eilis Finnegan, a 27-year-old United Airlines air hostess, died in Thailand.

Ms Finnegan, from Ballyfermot, was on the beach in the Phi Phi islands with her boyfriend Barry Murphy (29) from Castleknock in Dublin when the tsunami struck.

The other three Irish victims of the tsunami also died in Thailand.


Lucy Coyle (28), an accountant from Killiney, Co Dublin; student Michael Murphy (23) from Knockbawn, Blackwater, Co Wexford and Conor Keightley (31) from Cookstown, Co Tyrone were killed as the giant wave struck without warning.

Still very eerie watching videos of people standing at the beach watching the water pull back out to sea not knowing what was actually coming their way

[armaghniac]

20 years ago today. Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed an estimated 230,000 lives.  The death toll affected more than 60 countries including four Irish tourists lost their lives.

Dublin woman Eilis Finnegan, a 27-year-old United Airlines air hostess, died in Thailand.

Ms Finnegan, from Ballyfermot, was on the beach in the Phi Phi islands with her boyfriend Barry Murphy (29) from Castleknock in Dublin when the tsunami struck.

The other three Irish victims of the tsunami also died in Thailand.


Lucy Coyle (28), an accountant from Killiney, Co Dublin; student Michael Murphy (23) from Knockbawn, Blackwater, Co Wexford and Conor Keightley (31) from Cookstown, Co Tyrone were killed as the giant wave struck without warning.

Still very eerie watching videos of people standing at the beach watching the water pull back out to sea not knowing what was actually coming their way

This was a particular point in history, when there were video cameras but not no smartphones. With smartphones somebody would get wind of events and probably people further from the epicentre would have been able to evacuate.

[seafoid]

20 years ago today. Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed an estimated 230,000 lives.  The death toll affected more than 60 countries including four Irish tourists lost their lives.

Dublin woman Eilis Finnegan, a 27-year-old United Airlines air hostess, died in Thailand.

Ms Finnegan, from Ballyfermot, was on the beach in the Phi Phi islands with her boyfriend Barry Murphy (29) from Castleknock in Dublin when the tsunami struck.

The other three Irish victims of the tsunami also died in Thailand.


Lucy Coyle (28), an accountant from Killiney, Co Dublin; student Michael Murphy (23) from Knockbawn, Blackwater, Co Wexford and Conor Keightley (31) from Cookstown, Co Tyrone were killed as the giant wave struck without warning.

Still very eerie watching videos of people standing at the beach watching the water pull back out to sea not knowing what was actually coming their way

This was a particular point in history, when there were video cameras but not no smartphones. With smartphones somebody would get wind of events and probably people further from the epicentre would have been able to evacuate.

There were smartphones in Valencia when it rained a year over an afternoon recently. Even though people may  have understood what was happening they didn't know what to do.