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# bombing - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
Four children among those killed after missiles hit Syrian school
Missiles fired by Syrian regime forces killed eight civilians today, a war monitor has said.
# bombing - Friday 2 August, 2019
Several bombs explode in Bangkok as Mike Pompeo visits
The blasts appeared to be symbolic attacks aimed at embarrassing the Thai government during a major summit.
# bombing - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Brother of Manchester Arena bomber extradited from Libya to UK
There were 22 people killed in the bombing at the arena where Ariane Grande was performing.
# bombing - Saturday 17 November, 2018
Families of bombing victims say they have 'damning proof' police lied about it being 'an IRA own-goal'
Fifteen people were killed in the UVF attack on McGurk’s Bar in Belfast in 1971.
# bombing - Thursday 22 March, 2018
'A very challenged young man': Texas bomber left video confession on phone before he died
The video details the weapons he used but fails to outline a motive for the attacks.
# bombing - Wednesday 21 March, 2018
Austin parcel bombs: Texas police find clue after FedEx centre explosion
A sixth explosion that went off yesterday isn’t related to the other five, police said yesterday.
# bombing - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
US 'deeply concerned' as 250 civilians killed in two days of bombing by Russian and Syrian forces
Bombardment on today killed 106 civilians, including 19 children, according to a war monitor.
# bombing - Friday 26 January, 2018
UK court rules Birmingham bombing inquest should be broadened
21 people lost their lives in the bombing of two pubs in the attack on 21 November 1974.
# bombing - Friday 20 October, 2017
Nearly 60 people killed in two suicide bombings at Afghan mosques
“I rushed inside the mosque and saw all the worshippers covered in blood,” one witness said.
# bombing - Sunday 6 August, 2017
On this day in 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
An event to remember the victims will take place in Dublin today.
# bombing - Friday 4 August, 2017
Australia plane plot: Bomb plan was 'directed by senior Isis commander'
Police say they also foiled a second alleged plot involving a “chemical dispersion device”.
# bombing - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
Ariana Grande to receive honorary citizenship of Manchester
The singer organised a benefit concert for the victims of the bomb attack at her concert in the city on 22 May.
# bombing - Monday 12 June, 2017
Police searching landfill for blue suitcase used by Manchester bomber
Images of barrels stored in his car have also been released.
# bombing - Wednesday 7 June, 2017
Man arrested at Heathrow Airport over Manchester bombing
To date 19 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation, 12 of whom have been released without charge.
# bombing - Sunday 4 June, 2017
Police arrest 18th person in connection with Manchester bombing
22 people were killed in the attack and dozens more were injured.
# bombing - Saturday 3 June, 2017
Police arrest 24-year-old man in connection with Manchester bombing
He is the 17th person to be arrested in connection with the attack in which 22 people died.
Ariana Grande visits injured fans in hospital
The singer will play at a star-studded benefit concert tomorrow.
# bombing - Friday 26 May, 2017
Police have arrested a 'large part' of Manchester bomber's network
The say “immense” progress has been made.
# bombing - Thursday 25 May, 2017
Manchester bomber 'asked his mother for forgiveness in final phone call'
Meanwhile, the investigation into the blast widened.
'Dirty Irish ba****ds': Irish in Manchester remember hostility after IRA bombing
Members of the city’s Irish community say they can relate to the anxiety Muslims in Manchester are feeling after Monday night’s terrorist attack.
# bombing - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
Ten more victims of Monday's attack in Manchester have now been named
Thousands came together at Albert Square in the city last night to mourn the 22 people who lost their lives in Monday’s bomb attack.
# bombing - Monday 22 May, 2017
Macron to host Putin after Hollande said Russia's bombing could amount to war crimes
Macron’s aides accused the Kremlin of mounting a “smear campaign” against Macron.
# bombing - Sunday 9 April, 2017
"I just felt fire grabbing my face" - Isis claims Palm Sunday bombings in Egypt which killed at least 44
The first bombing struck the Mar Girgis church in the city of Tanta north of Cairo, killing 27 people, the health ministry earlier said.
# bombing - Saturday 8 April, 2017
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancels Russia trip after US bombs Syria
“The United States will no longer wait for Assad to use chemical weapons without any consequences.”
# bombing - Saturday 11 March, 2017
44 killed in twin bomb attack in centre of Damascus
Attacks are rare in the Syrian government stronghold.
# bombing - Wednesday 15 February, 2017
The man behind the 1985 bombing of a 747 off the coast of Cork has been freed
On 23 June 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 bound for Delhi exploded some 120 miles off the coast of Cork.
# bombing - Monday 30 January, 2017
Brussels bombing suspect Abrini charged over Paris attacks
Belgian investigators said the Brussels airport and metro bombers were part of the same Brussels-based cell behind the Paris attacks.
# bombing - Sunday 1 January, 2017
Here's how fighter jets refuel while bombing ISIS
The ability to extend the flying range of the fighter jets is crucial.
# bombing - Saturday 22 October, 2016
Actress Carey Mulligan joins London protest seeking end to Aleppo bombing
Mulligan said the British government must “take a really strong stance and come up with robust measures to deal with this.”
# bombing - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
Explainer: What's happening in Yemen right now?
The United States backs a Saudi-led coalition that is fighting the rebels loyal to the former Yemeni president.
# bombing - Wednesday 21 September, 2016
New York bombing suspect wrote 'bombs will be heard in the streets' in diary
Ahmad Khan Rahami prayed he’d be martyred rather than caught, authorities have said.
# bombing - Monday 19 September, 2016
UN aid convoy delivering food destroyed by airstrikes in Syria
A week-long ceasefire came to an end today with “non-stop” bombardment in some areas.
# bombing - Monday 22 August, 2016
Child as young as 12 carried out suicide bombing at wedding which killed 51
94 people were injured in the blast which occurred as the wedding was drawing to a close on Saturday evening.
# bombing - Sunday 21 August, 2016
Omran Daqneesh's brother Ali has died in Aleppo, reports say
It’s reported he died from internal bleeding and organ damage after the 17 August bombing.
# bombing - Monday 25 July, 2016
Woman who lost leg in Boston Marathon bombing climbs 19,000ft mountain
The professional ballroom dancer lost a leg in the 2013 attacks.
# bombing - Sunday 3 July, 2016
At least 119 people killed as bomb attacks rock Baghdad
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement posted online.
# bombing - Wednesday 29 June, 2016
Istanbul airport terror attack death toll rises to 41, with 239 injured
Thirteen foreign nationals are among the dead.
# bombing - Saturday 18 June, 2016
'Our colleagues didn’t die peacefully like in the movies... They died painfully, slowly'
Dr Kathleen Thomas gave an emotional account of the Kunduz hospital bombing in Dublin this week.
# bombing - Wednesday 8 June, 2016
Two more Turkish police officers killed in another car bombing
Images carried by Turkish media showed a massive plume of black smoke rising from the rubble of the severely damaged police station.
# bombing - Saturday 14 May, 2016
Hezbollah top commander killed in Syria by "Islamist extremists"
Mustafa Badreddine, who was on a US terror sanctions blacklist and wanted by Israel, was killed in a blast on Thursday night.
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Poll: Have you been reading more books than usual lately?
WHILE BOOKSHOPS AROUND the country have had to shut their doors in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, many operators have turned their focus to online sales.
A huge demand for reading materials from stuck-at-home bookworms and stressed parents has given shops a lifeline.
Some independent bookstores in Ireland have been online for years, but others have had to develop websites in recent months as they closed up their stores.
TheJournal.ie spoke to some bookshop owners about how they have been managing and all noted that they were blown away by the demand for online orders during the shutdown.
So, today we want to know: Have you been reading more books that usual lately?
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