Anglo-Irish agreement - Paisley on Tom King attack

Title

Anglo-Irish agreement - Paisley on Tom King attack

Genre

Speech

TX Date

20 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:22

Description

Speech by DUP leader, Reverend Ian Paisley on an incident where Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King was attacked by a group of loyalists in Belfast following the signing of the Anglo-Irish agreement on the future of Northern Ireland agreed between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish premier Dr Garret FitzGerald. To cheers and shouts from crowd.

Contributors

Ian Paisley

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Political protests; Violence; Peace treaties; Demonstrations; International politics; Assault; Peacebuilding; Unionism (Irish politics); International cooperation; International instruments; Cabinet ministers; Violence against the person; Tom King

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