1980s 1990s On Thursday 16 September 1982, the Irish Republican and Revolutionary Socialist paramilitary organization the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) exploded a bomb hidden in a drainpipe along a balcony in Cullingtree Walk, Divis Tower, Belfast.

An INLA member detonated the bomb using a remote control from ground level, where they couldn't see who was on the balcony.

[2][3] There was anger from the Irish Nationalist community directed towards the INLA over the deaths of the two young civilians.

[4] INLA Volunteer Martin McElkerney was sentenced to life for the Divis bombing in 1987, but he was released in 1999 under the Good Friday Agreement.

[5] In May 2019 McElkerney was found shot, with a handgun nearby, after making a number of concerning phone calls.