Mass unemployment - Strabane report

Title

Mass unemployment - Strabane report

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:53

Description

Report from Strabane in Northern Ireland, where unemployment rates have been recorded as the highest in the UK. Speakers include: Vice- Chairman of Strabane Council, Robert Fleming; Dan Smith, Smith Brothers Milling Company; Joe O’Kane, Job Centre manager. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Dan Smith; Robert Fleming; Joe O’Kane

Keywords

Social security; Northern Ireland; UK; Unemployment; Employment; Economic recession; Unemployment statistics; Strabane

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