Zombie is a protest song by the Irish rock band The Cranberries. It was written in 1993, in memory of two boys, Jonathan Ball ( 3 years old) and Tim Parry (12 years old), who were killed in an IRA bombing in Warrington, England, during early 1993. Although warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time. The fact that two very young children were victims — one of whom fought for his life for several days ensured massive coverage in the media and caused widespread anger. Shortly after the bombings, a group called Peace 93 was set up in Dublin. The main organizer was Susan McHugh, a Dublin housewife and mother. On 25 March 1993, thousands held a peace rally in Dublin. Some criticized Peace 93 for focusing only on IRA violence and for the lack of response to the deaths of children in Northern Ireland. At the Dublin rally were relatives of civilians killed by the British security forces in Northern Ireland. On 24 March 1993, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) shot dead a Sinn Féin member in Belfast. The next day, it shot dead four Catholic men (including an IRA member) in Castlerock and hours later shot dead a 17-year-old Catholic civilian in Belfast. Roy Greenslade wrote that, compared to the Warrington bombings, these deaths were virtually ignored by the media in Great Britain and he accused it of having a hierarchy of victims. youtube/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
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