Thursday marked 25 years since IRA volunteer Ed O'Brien from Gorey died after a bomb he was carrying exploded prematurely in Aldwych, in the West End of central London. O'Brien was killed instantly and seven people were injured. Last week a planned commemoration, promoted by Sinn Féin Loch Garman, was pulled at the final hour in the face of national media scrutiny and what the party said was 'significant online abuse targeting the family'.
