This is a chronology of activities by the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA), an Irish republican paramilitary group. The group started operations in 1994, after the Provisional Irish Republican Army began a ceasefire. Note: All actions listed took place within Northern Ireland, unless stated otherwise. 1994 19 December: The CIRA detonated a semtex bomb in a furniture store in Enniskillen. 1995 7 February: A small bomb was planted by the CIRA in a large general store in Newry. 16 March: A small bomb was planted by the CIRA in the same Newry shop premises as the February attack. 10 November: Gardaí intercepted of explosives a mile from the County Armagh border they believed were destined for Northern Ireland and arrested two men. 1996 6 January: The Irish Republican Publicity Bureau issued a statement saying "a reborn Irish Republican Army had emerged led by the 'Continuity Army Council'". 13 July: The CIRA claimed responsibility for exploding a car bomb outside Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh during a Catholic wedding reception. The blast caused serious damage and injured 17 people as they were being evacuated from the hotel. 29 September: The CIRA claimed responsibility for abandoning a car bomb in Belfast. Security forces made the device safe using a controlled explosion. 21 November: The CIRA claimed responsibility for planting a 600 lb bomb in Derry. It failed to explode and was defused by the security forces. 1997 27 January: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a suspect device found in Abbey Street in Derry. It was neutralised in two controlled explosions by the British Army. 6 July: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a gun and grenade attack on New Barnsley RUC station, west Belfast as part of the widespread violence that followed Secretary of State Mo Mowlam's decision over the Drumcree parade. See: 1997 nationalist riots in Northern Ireland. 6 July: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a gun attack on RUC officers in the Oldpark Road-Cliftonville area of Belfast. 6 July: The CIRA claimed responsibility for shots fired on the Stewartstown Road in the Andersonstwown area of Belfast. 7 July: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a booby-trap bomb targeting British security forces left in Edenderry on the outskirts of Belfast. 31 July: The CIRA planted a bomb (estimated at between and ) in the grounds of Carrybridge Hotel near Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh. It was defused by the British Army. 9 August: The