Chronology of Continuity Irish Republican Army Actions - 2005

2005

• 1 January : The CIRA claimed responsibility for an attempted firebomb attack on Grosvenor Road PSNI base in Belfast. Two gunmen forced a taxi driver to drive the bomb to the base. It was made safe by security forces.
• 20 January : The CIRA was believed to have been responsible for planting a pipe bomb under a van at Belcamp Crescent, Dublin. It was made safe by security forces. Two men were arrested nearby.
• 5 July : A telephone caller, claiming to be from the CIRA, said a bomb had been thrown at a PSNI vehicle the day before in Keady, County Armagh. Security forces examined a suspicious device on Kinelowen Street, but later declared it was an elaborate hoax.
• 12 July : The CIRA was blamed for attacking PSNI officers with blast bombs during rioting in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, following an Orange Order parade. Eighty officers were injured, one seriously, and several people were arrested.
• 6 November : In a telephoned warning, the CIRA claimed responsibility for planting a hoax bomb during the Down Royal horseracing festival. The festival was abandoned.
• 8 December : A suspected CIRA member was arrested while driving a bomb through Dublin. Gardaí believe the device was intended for use against drugs gangs in the city. The man, Martin O'Rourke, was subsequently sentenced to seven years imprisonment for possession of an explosive device.
• 26 December : The CIRA again sent a hoax bomb alert to a horse race at Down Royal. The site was evacuated but nothing was found.