Shortly after , the British Government announced that the 39th summit of the G8 would be held in June 2013 at the Lough Erne Resort in Fermanagh . Commentators said the British Government chose to hold it in Northern Ireland partly to " show the world that the peace process has worked and normality has returned " . Security sources believed republicans would try to launch an attack during the summit , which " would hijack global headlines " . In March 2013 , a car bomb was defused near the resort . ONH said it had planned to detonate it at the hotel but had to abort the attack . A huge security operation was mounted for the summit and it passed off without incident
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39th G8 summit
Dissident Irish Republican campaign