Thomas Maguire cleared of IRA plot charge

Title

Thomas Maguire cleared of IRA plot charge

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Oct 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Report on Thomas Maguire’s being cleared of an IRA plot to detonate bombs in the Eagle and Child Inn in Blackpool. Includes facts of the case including links to Patrick Magee, the Brighton bomber and Patrick Murray, a suspect bomber. Also includes interviews with Norman Finnerty of Lancashire CID and Thomas Maguire. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).

Contributors

Tim Crook?; Norman Finnerty; Thomas Maguire

Keywords

Deportation; Administration of justice; Crime; Terrorism; Police; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Lancashire; Conferences; Courts; Legal decisions; Trials; Blackpool; Criminal investigation; Brighton; Verdicts; Eagle and Child Inn

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