Patrick Ryan affair

Title

Patrick Ryan affair

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

John Alcock reports on a crisis cabinet meeting called by Irish Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, to discuss British demands for the extradition of IRA suspect, Patrick Ryan. The British Government is furious that the Irish police did not arrest Ryan before he disappeared from a Dublin clinic and some Westminster MPs are accusing the Irish Government of being party to a plot to prevent the former priest’s extradition. But many Irish MPs are equally angry about what they see as Britain’s bullying attitude and both sides warn that the Anglo-Irish agreement is on the brink of destruction. Includes interviews with solicitor, Elio Malocco; Ivor Stanbrook MP; David Andrews, Irish MP; Geraldine Kennedy, Irish MP; John Kelly, former Attorney General.

Contributors

Ivor Stanbrook; John Alcock; Elio Malocco; David Andrews; Geraldine Kennedy; John Kelly

Keywords

Deportation; Terrorism; Ireland; UK; Terrorists; IRA; International relations; Clergy; Belgium; Anglo-Irish Agreement; Patrick Ryan

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