IRA bombs Belfast on local election day

Title

IRA bombs Belfast on local election day

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

20 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Report on an IRA bomb attack in Belfast just before the province’s local government elections and the damage caused. Includes eyewitness account by New York businessman Alan Langher(?); comment from MEP Jim Nicholson; Northern Ireland Secretary Patrick Mayhew (in the Commons); actuality as bomb went off. Karen English reports. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Patrick Mayhew; Jim Nicholson; Karen English; Alan Langher(?)

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Local government; Damage; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Bombs; Explosions; Belfast; Drivetime (radio programme)

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