Anglo-Irish row over escaped prisoners

Title

Anglo-Irish row over escaped prisoners

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

14 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Peter Spencer reports on the UK Government’s reaction to the Irish refusal to extradite two escaped terrorist prisoners, Dermot Finucane and James Pius Clarke, back to Northern Ireland over fears they would be mistreated in prison. The judgement may affect the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Includes House of Commons speeches by Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Brooke and Ulster Popular Unionist, James Kilfedder.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; James Kilfedder; Peter Brooke

Keywords

Deportation; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Terrorists; International relations; Rights of prisoners; Legal decisions; Prisoners; Dermot Finucane; James Pius Clarke

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