Ray Smallwoods, leading loyalist, murdered in Belfast

Title

Ray Smallwoods, leading loyalist, murdered in Belfast

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Trevor Birney reports on the shooting of leading loyalist and Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) spokesman Ray Smallwoods in Northern Ireland prompting fears there may be an upsurge in violence in the province. Smallwoods had spent time in jail for his part in trying to kill former Nationalist MP, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on 16/01/81. Includes interviews with Gary McMichael, UDP; Ken Kerr, UDP; Jim Wilson, Ulster Unionist. Originally on Downtown Radio. For Drivetime show

Contributors

Downtown Radio; Trevor Birney; Gary McMichael; Ken Kerr; Jim Wilson

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Political parties; Homicide; Drivetime (radio programme); Ray Smallwoods; UDP

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