This tactic was used again by the Provisional IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland ( 1969 – 1998 ) . Killing of RUC officers and assassination of Unionist politicians was one of a number of methods used in the Provisional IRA campaign 1969 – 1997 . The IRA also attempted to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by bombing the Conservative Party Conference in a Brighton hotel . Loyalist paramilitaries retaliated by killing Catholics at random and assassinating Irish nationalist politicians
bombing the Conservative Party Conference
Brighton hotel bombing
Assassination