1980 in the Irish Republican Army
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See also: 1979 in the Irish Republican Army, other events of 1982, 1981 in the Irish Republican Army and the list of 'years in the Irish Republican Army'.
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- July 3 - The home of Gerry Fitt, a former government official, is fire bombed by members of the Provisional IRA in West Belfast, Ireland.
- April 14 - Armed with a knife, an unidentified man claiming to be a associated with the IRA attempts to hijack a Continental Airlines flight to Libya. He is later persuaded by the co-pilot to surrender to authorities.
- June - John Turnly, leader of the Irish Independence Party, is killed.
- June - Former member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, Miriam Daly, is assassinated.
- October - Ronnie Bunting, an alleged member of the Irish National Liberation Army involved in the 1979 assassination of a House of Commons member Airey Neave, is killed by unidentifed gunmen in his home along with his wife Suzanne and Noel Lyttle. Although Bunting's murder was claimed by the Ulster Defence Association, members of the INLA claimed involvement by the SAS.
- December 17 - An assassination attempt against Christopher Tugendhat, a delegate of the European Community Commission, is prevented in Brussels, Belgium. Resposibility for the failed assassination is later claimed by the Provisional IRA.
