Gibraltar IRA shootings

Title

Gibraltar IRA shootings

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:41

Description

Interview (on RTE in Dublin) with the former Irish Foreign Minister, Peter Barry, about the shooting in Gibraltar of three unarmed IRA members by the SAS (06/03/88). On the shoot-to-kill action rather than arresting or maiming them. Interviewer not heard. For Update programme.

Contributors

Peter Barry; RTE

Keywords

Terrorism; Ireland; UK; IRA; Special forces; Gibraltar; Update (radio programme); Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann

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