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An attempted post office van robbery in Adare, County Limerick, resulted in a Garda detective Gerry McCabe being shot dead and a colleague being seriously injured. The PIRA admitted to its members involvement in this 'unauthorised action'.

Source Information

https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch96.htm

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)