IRA hunger strike ends - repercussions

Title

IRA hunger strike ends - repercussions

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Dec 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Report on the likely repercussions in Northern Ireland of the end of the hunger strike by Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast. Speaking are: Danny Morrison, Sinn Fein; Humphrey Atkins, Northern Ireland Secretary; Professor John Yudkin, nutritionist. Female reporter not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs?).

Contributors

Humphrey Atkins; Danny Morrison; Antonia Higgs?; John Yudkin

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Political protests; Terrorists; IRA; Living conditions; Sinn Fein; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Belfast

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