IRA bombing at border

Title

IRA bombing at border

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

20 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Press interview with Northern Ireland Secretary Douglas Hurd condemning an IRA landmine attack which killed four RUC police officers at a border crossing on the Belfast to Dublin Road in Newry, County Down. (The dead were named as Inspector James Wilson, 28; Constable Tracey Ellen Doak, 21; Constable David Baird, 22; Reserve Constable Steven Rodgers, 19).

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Terrorists; IRA; Homicide; Policemen; RUC; Land mines; Borders; County Down; Newry

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