1984 in the Irish Republican Army
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See also: 1983 in the Irish Republican Army, other events of 1984, 1985 in the Irish Republican Army and the list of 'years in the Irish Republican Army'.
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- April 8 - The daughter of a Northern Ireland magistrate is gunned down by members of the Provisional IRA.
- May 17 - Belfast newspaper editor Jim Campell is shot and wounded by unidentified assailants following his publishing a series of articles criticising paramilitary organizations.
- May 18 - A Provisional IRA car bomb kills two British soldiers and eleven bystanders in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
- May 18 - Two RUC members are killed and a third injured when their vehicle struck a landmine planted by the Provisional IRA in South Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- August 12 - One person is killed and twenty others are injured during the attempted arrest of a Noraid leader in West Belfast, Northern Ireland by the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
- October 19 - Four people are killed in a bomb explosion at a Brighton hotel, during which British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was staying.