

Give Ireland peace and there will be no war." The statement read: "Today we were unlucky, but remember, we only have to be lucky once you will have to be lucky always. The IRA has issued a statement claiming it had placed a 100lb bomb in the hotel. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Dennis narrowly escaped injury.

The blast tore apart the Brighton Grand Hotel where members of the Cabinet have been staying for the Conservative party conference.

There has been a direct bomb attack on the British Government at the Conservative party conference in Brighton.Īt least two people have been killed and many others seriously injured, including two senior Cabinet ministers. 1984: Tory Cabinet in Brighton bomb blast
