Brendan Gallagher remains on hunger strike

Title

Brendan Gallagher remains on hunger strike

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:04:55

Description

Report on Willie Gallagher’s father, Brendan Gallagher, who says he will remain on hunger strike until his son gets a retrial. Willie Gallagher was convicted in 1976 of bombing a Royal British Legion Hall in Strabane, Northern Ireland, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Includes interviews with Brendan Gallagher and Labour MP Ernie Roberts. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Brendan Gallagher; Ernie Roberts

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Political protests; IRA; Sinn Fein; Imprisonment; UDA; Hunger; Peaceful protest; Criminal justice system; Sentencing; Strabane; Brendan Gallagher; Willie Gallagher

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