McAnespie shooting inquiry

Title

McAnespie shooting inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:02

Description

Eamonn Mallie reports on deterioration in Anglo-Irish relations due to actions of the UK government; and the Irish Prime Minister, Charles Haughey, launching an inquiry into the death of Aidan McAnespie, an Irish man who was shot dead by a British solider and allowing a second post-mortem on the body. Includes reaction from Sean McAnespie.

Contributors

Sean McAnespie; Eamonn Mallie

Keywords

Deaths; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; International relations; Charles Haughey; Army; RUC; Aidan McAnespie; Postmortems

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