Ian Paisley gate-crashes Belfast gathering

Title

Ian Paisley gate-crashes Belfast gathering

Genre

News report

TX Date

Mar 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Eamonn Mallie reports on the gate-crashing of a meeting in Belfast between Dublin and Northern Ireland councillors by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley and 200 of his supporters. Paisley later criticised the policies of the UK Conservative Government and its alleged links with the Irish Government of Charles Haughey following a visit to Stormont by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Eamonn Mallie

Keywords

Politics; Government; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Conservative Party; Charles Haughey; Unionism (Irish politics); Ian Paisley; DUP; Councillors

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