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Assassinated judge made security errors (1987)

Genre

News report

Report on the assassination of Lord Justice Maurice Gibson by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. On the discovery that he had made a fatal blunder that allowed the terrorists to set their ambush,...

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IRA assassination of Judge Maurice Gibson and wife (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report of the assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army of top target Lord Justice Maurice Gibson and his wife in a car bomb attack. Including accounts by Philip Rainey and David Irwin,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peter Barry on Birmingham Six appeal verdict (1988)

Genre

Interview

Former Irish Foreign Minister, Peter Barry, on the decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of the Birmingham Six: Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

EU ruling could see British workers seek compensation (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the European Court of Justice ruling which found the British Government guilty of breaching EU rules, by failing to protect workers rights during privatization processes. The ruling could see a...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reaction to prison governor’s letter (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech

Report on the reaction to a letter to The Times newspaper (19/11/81) by John McCarthy, Governor of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, in which he described the prison as being like a penal dustbin. Speakers...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Mates’ allegations on Asil Nadir trial (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate

Report on the House of Commons resignation speech by former Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates on failures in the ongoing trial of businessman Asil Nadir for fraud and his calls for a public inquiry...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Soviet dissident trials (1978)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

Prue Keely reports on the Soviet dissident trials, their effect on international relations and the challenge they pose to human rights. Includes (speaking in the House of Commons): James Callaghan, Prime...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hayes on Sunday (1978)

Genre

Interview

Brian Hayes interviews Byron Hove on why he was sacked as Justice Minister in the new Rhodesian interim government; the decision was not reached with the consensus of the Executive Council. Bishop Muzorewa...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

World in Action - Operation Countryman (1982)

Genre

Advertisement; Documentary; Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Special; Speech; Trailer

An episode of the Granada TV documentary series, World in Action, investigating the alleged obstruction of Operation Countryman, an inquiry into corruption in the Metropolitan Police Force. Speakers include...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory’s Review of the Year 1981 (1982)

1- Royal Wedding. 2- American hostages returned. Arrest of Peter Sutcliffe. Murder of parents by Andrew Alder near Chichester. 3- Cutbacks at Portsmouth Dockyard, 4 thousand jobs lost [60 percent of work...

ILR South Radio Online Audio