While brave British soldiers are being chased through the courts, a female IRA commander escaped justice over the bomb attack in Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday, according to reports.
The woman was identified by police as a key suspect for the 1987 attack which killed 12 people and injured more than 60.
Nobody was brought to justice after the Enniskillen attack which was one of the bloodiest of the conflict in the province.
According to new developments, the woman was the leader of an IRA cell. She is thought to have moved abroad following the sickening incident 37 years ago before returning home.
Details emerged in a Times podcast, The Poppy Day Bomb. The device was set off using a timer. The woman was seen wearing a green dress and carrying a brown paper bag outside a community centre where the bomb was planted.
She is understood to have returned to the province after a period living in the United States and was reportedly seen in Enniskillen in recent months.
The IRA eventually admitted responsibility for the blast suggesting it ‘deeply regretted’ what had occurred.
Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin lays a wreath at a Remembrance Sunday service in Enniskillen on 9th November 2025.
Wreaths laid during a Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Enniskillen on 9th November 2025.
Families of those killed have spent approaching 40 years searching for justice, truth and accountability. Over the years, 13 people have been arrested and but cases have fallen apart. Many suspects are thought to live locally.
The Royal Ulster Constabulary and its successor the Police Service of Northern Ireland have conducted several reviews without charging any suspects.
The UK government has repeatedly turned down calls for a public enquiry into what it knew about the attack beforehand and whether the fatal blast could have been prevented.
The revelations come amid mounting anger about Labour’s removal of the Legacy Act which offered police officers and British soldiers qualified protections against prosecution.
The actions of Royal Ulster Constabulary and Army personnel are being assessed today based on the application of the 1998 Human Rights Act.
The Mail has led the campaign for the threat of retrospective legal action to be lifted from military and police officers.
As many as 100 SAS soldiers who fought terrorists from both sides of the province’s religious divide are facing legal action.
The threat of persecution returned after Labour replaced the Legacy Act with its own legislation, the Troubles Bill, which does not include the same protections.
More than 210,000 people signed an online petition against Labour’s ripping up of protections for Northern Ireland veterans.
The government claims its commitment to Northern Ireland veterans is ‘unshakeable’. A spokesperson said: ‘The previous government’s Legacy Act was ruled unlawful.
‘Therefore it did not deliver real protections to veterans in the legacy process. The new NI Bill and its associated elements delivers six lawful and deliverable protections designed in consultation with veterans so the legislation works for them.’