British Government ban IRA and Sinn Fein from TV and radio

Title

British Government ban IRA and Sinn Fein from TV and radio

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams gives his reaction to the British Government’s banning of Sinn Fein members or IRA sympathisers speaking on television or radio. Interviewer not heard. Original catalogue record notes that this was the last interview (by Adams?) broadcast on IRN before the ban came into force.

Contributors

Gerry Adams

Keywords

Government; Terrorism; Great Britain; Television; IRA; Censorship; Political parties; Broadcasting; Sinn Fein; Mass media; Radio

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