How Manchester Rose From the Rubble of the 1996 IRA Bomb

How Manchester rose from the rubble of the 1996 IRA bomb

'We wondered how we were going to recover... then you think stuff it. We can do this and will do it in a way only Manchester can'

Manchester marks 30 years since devastating IRA blast: Decades on, survivors and NI victims' group at service for attack that rocked city with UK's largest bomb since Second World War

Manchester has solemnly marked 30 years since a devastating IRA blast ripped through the heart of the city.

A sniper team and the ‘inside man’: The real story of the IRA bomb

Editor’s note: Tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of the IRA bomb which ripped through the city in June 1996 and yet nobody has ever been brought to justice for the attack.Six months ago, we commissioned Toby Harnden, an award-winning author and war reporter, to re-investigate. Harnden grew up in Manchester and served as the Daily Telegraph’s Ireland correspondent, where he wrote Bandit Country, one of the essential books about The Troubles.W…