IPLO Belfast Brigade firebombed Derby House bar on Stewartstown Road, 12 October 1991

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"The IPLO claimed responsibility for bombing the Derby House bar on Stewartstown Road, west Belfast. Armed men had entered the premises at midday and left a device; the explosion caused severe damage. Afterwards the IPLO warned that pubs that did not prevent drug abuse on their premises would be targeted"

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thanks very much for uploading

[@ShaneGallager]

No problem, the Irish People's Liberation Organization is such an interesting story, it started with such great potential but it turned into a disaster & tragedy.

[@ShaneGallager]

The Derby bar was bombed for not paying protection money to the IPLO or for not giving the IPLO a % od drug money sold on the premises, these "Revolutionary taxes" as the IPLO called them had been around for decades at this point. The Afghan militias sold Opium to fund their wars & the PLO sold Lebanese Hashish to fund operations against the IDF. The IPO sold E tablets, that drugs in the late 80s to mid-90s cost £25 a tablet, which is about 60 Euro today. I took E tabs in my late teens about 25 - 30 times in 2005/2006, I could see it's appeal alright, by the time I took my first one the price had dropped a lot, and the tabs were only 5 Euro in Bray.