Warrington IRA bombing aftermath

Title

Warrington IRA bombing aftermath

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

24 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Nicki Harvey (or Dominique Harvie?) reports on the aftermath of IRA bomb attacks in the centre of Warrington. Includes interview with Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey, after visiting the town and a local hospital; Prime Minister John Major Commons speech giving assurance the guilty parties will be found and punished; Wilfred Ball, father of Jonathan Ball, a young boy killed in the blasts, appeals for an end to IRA violence.

Contributors

John Major; George Carey; Dominique Harvie?; Wilfred Ball; Nicki Harvey

Keywords

Deaths; Terrorism; IRA; Warrington; Bombs; Criminal investigation; Cheshire; Jonathan Ball; Tim Parry

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