The bombing , mounted at a cost of £ 3,000 , was the last major bombing in England during that phase of the Northern Ireland conflict . The campaign of bombing of the UK 's financial centre , described by author and journalist Ed Moloney as " possibly the IRA 's most successful military tactic since the start of the Troubles " , was suspended by the IRA to allow the political progress made by Gerry Adams and John Hume to continue . The IRA carried out a number of smaller bomb and mortar attacks in England during the remainder of 1993 and in early 1994 , before declaring a " complete cessation of military operations " on 31 August 1994 . The ceasefire ended on 9 February 1996 when two people were killed in the IRA 's bombing of London Docklands , which targeted London 's secondary financial district , Canary Wharf
London Docklands
1996 Docklands bombing
1993 Bishopsgate bombing