Vigil against punishment beatings in Northern Ireland

Title

Vigil against punishment beatings in Northern Ireland

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

31 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:00

Description

Jeff Collins reports from the vigil outside Parliament by the cross party New Dialogue peace group, which is campaigning against the punishment beatings and shootings by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland which continue despite the year-old IRA ceasefire and is calling for graves of terrorist victims to be revealed and a more lasting peace. Includes interviews with Liberal Democrat Northern Ireland spokesman Lord Holme (Richard Holme); Conservative MP and group President Peter Bottomley; Labour MP Harry Barnes; Patrick Maguire, one of the Maguire Seven wrongly imprisoned for running an IRA bomb factory.

Contributors

Peter Bottomley; Richard Holme; Jeff Collins; Harry Barnes; Patrick Maguire

Keywords

Peace; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Terrorists; Violence; IRA; Weapons; Disarmament; Political pressure groups; Para-military activities; New Dialogue

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