1989 In Northern Ireland

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EVENTS

January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes onto the M1 Motorway on the approach to East Midlands Airport killing 44 people.

12 February - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by Loyalists .

February 20 - IRA bomb the Tern Hill Barracks in Shropshire, injuring 50 soldiers of the Parachute Regiment

5 March - Gerry Adams , Sinn Féin , says he wants a non-armed political movement to work for self determinationBBC News Road to Peace Timeline.

March 20 - Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan of the Royal Ulster Constabulary are killed by the IRA

19 August - 10,000 people march from Dublin city centre to the British Embassy calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland .

September 22 - Deal Barracks Bombing - The IRA bomb the Royal Marine School Of Music in Deal , Kent killing 11 soldiers.

19 October - Three of the Guildford Four are released in London . Paul Hill is immediately re-arrested.

3 November - Secretary Of State For Northern Ireland , Peter Brooke , says the IRA cannot be entirely defeated militarily and talks could follow an end to violence.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORT

Football

October 11 - The Republic Of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Lansdowne Road .

Irish League

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Irish Cup

Winners:

Ballymena United

Football League Of Ireland

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FAI Cup

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Snooker

April 3 - Alex Higgins beats Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson And Hedges snooker championship.

BIRTHS

1 January - Andrew Simpson , actor.

DEATHS

January - Jackie Wright , comedian (b. 1905 ).

12 February - Pat Finucane , Solicitor murdered by Loyalist paramilitaries (b. 1949 ).

10 August - H. Montgomery Hyde , Barrister , author and Ulster Unionist MP (b. 1907 ).

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