Editing Real Irish Republican Army (section)

===Omagh bombing===
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On 15 August 1998, the RIRA left a car containing 500&nbsp;lb of home-made explosives in the centre of [[Omagh]], County Tyrone. The bombers could not find a parking space near the intended target of the [[courthouse]], and the car was left 400 metres away.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|211–212}}<ref name="cob">{{cite web | title = The Omagh Bomb – Main Events | url = http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/omagh/events.htm | publisher = CAIN | access-date = 28 June 2007 | archive-date = 1 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001132931/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/omagh/events.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> As a result, three inaccurate telephone warnings were issued, and the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] (RUC) believed the bomb was located outside the courthouse. They attempted to establish a security cordon to keep civilians clear of the area, which inadvertently pushed people closer to the location of the bomb.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|211–212}} Shortly after, the bomb exploded killing 29 people and injuring 220 others, in what became the single deadliest strike of [[the Troubles]] in Northern Ireland.<ref name="cob"/>

The bombing caused a major outcry throughout the world, and the Irish and British governments introduced new legislation in an attempt to destroy the organisation.<ref name="Mooney" />{{rp|232}}<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Michael |author-link=Michael White (journalist) |date=25 August 1998 |title=MPs recalled to match Dublin anti-terror law |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1998/aug/25/houseofcommons.uk |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref> The RIRA also came under pressure from the Provisional IRA, when Provisional IRA members visited the homes of 60 people connected with the RIRA and ordered them to disband and stop interfering with Provisional IRA arms dumps.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Neill |first=Sean |date=4 May 1998 |title=Give up violence or else, Provos tell the 'Real IRA' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/09/04/nuls104.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=8 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316082603/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1998%2F09%2F04%2Fnuls104.html |archive-date=16 March 2005 }}</ref> With the organisation under intense pressure, which included McKevitt and Sands-McKevitt being forced from their home after the media named McKevitt in connection with the bombing, the RIRA called a ceasefire on 8 September.<ref>{{cite news |title=Candlelight vigil for bomb victims |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/northern_ireland/latest_news/154720.stm |work=BBC News |date=20 August 1998 |access-date=5 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=1998: Real IRA announce ceasefire |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_2503000/2503633.stm |work=BBC News |date=8 September 1998 |access-date=5 May 2007}}</ref>