Secretary of State on Northern Ireland security

Title

Secretary of State on Northern Ireland security

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

27 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King on the need for the whole community to unite behind the security forces and against the Provincial Irish Republican Army, in the wake of Lord Justice Gibson’s assassination. Also in an exchange with Labour Northern Ireland spokesman Stuart Bell on using the Anglo-Irish Agreement as a weapon against the IRA. Ulster Unionist MP Jim Molyneaux on the futility of exchanges in the House over such matters. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Tom King; James Molyneaux; Stuart Bell

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Tom King; James Molyneaux; Maurice Gibson

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