IRA terrorists return to custody

Title

IRA terrorists return to custody

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

6 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Brian Ging reports from the Irish Republic on the return to custody of suspected IRA terrorists Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McCauley following an extradition order from Britain and looks back at the case after they shot their way out of Brixton Prison in London in 1991. Includes archive statements by Home Secretary at the time Kenneth Baker; shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley; Judge Stephen Tumim; David Evans, Prison Officers Association; current interview with Dermot McDermott, reporter.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley; Kenneth Baker; David Evans; Brian Ging; Stephen Tumim; Dermot McDermott

Keywords

Deportation; Terrorism; Ireland; UK; Great Britain; IRA; Security measures; Prisoners; Escapes; Security breaches; Brixton Prison; Nessan Quinlivan; Pearse McCauley

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