Campaign for British Army to pull out of Northern Ireland

Title

Campaign for British Army to pull out of Northern Ireland

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Twenty years after British troops were first sent to Ulster, former maverick MP Bernadette Devlin McAliskey has been launching a campaign to have the Army pulled out. She has recently been on a nationwide speaking tour promoting her new campaign group, The Committee of 68. McAliskey has been talking about her year of action, leading up to next summer’s anniversary of the Army’s arrival in Northern Ireland. But Liberal Democrats leader Paddy Ashdown, a former marine who grew up in Ulster, is critical. Male interview not identified. In 2 parts.

Contributors

Paddy Ashdown; Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

Keywords

Politics; Northern Ireland; Great Britain; International relations; Members of Parliament; Protest movements; Army; Committee of 68; Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

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