Chronology of Continuity Irish Republican Army Actions - 1999

1999

• 14 January : There was a gun attack on Woodbourne RUC base in Belfast. Four men were later arrested. It is believed the CIRA was responsible.
• 4 February : Channel 4 documentary Dispatches showed a CIRA propaganda video, which included members armed with a hand-held grenade laucher, an AK-47 assault rifle and a Magnum revolver.
• 4 May : There was a gun attack on Lisnaskea RUC base in County Fermanagh. It is believed the CIRA was responsible.
• 1 June : A telephone warning using a recognised CIRA codeword claimed a 500 lb bomb had been left in Russell Street, Armagh. The RUC searched the area disrupting rush hour traffic, but no bomb was found.
• 27 December : Approximately 20,000 people were evacuated from Kempton Park Racecourse following a bomb alert. The CIRA was blamed.