New Northern Ireland Secretary visits Maze Prison

Title

New Northern Ireland Secretary visits Maze Prison

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Sep 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:38

Description

Interview with anti-H-Block MP Owen Carron on the visit of newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior to the Maze Prison, where 10 hunger strikers have so far died, and the likelihood this signals a move by the British government to end the strike by implementing the republican prisoners’ demands. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Owen Carron

Keywords

Deaths; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; Jim Prior; James Prior; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Hunger; Government policy; Prisoners; Cabinet ministers; Visits; Belfast

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