LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

RUC officers killed by IRA

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

23 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:25

Description

Fearghal McKinney reports on an angry Reverend Robert McCallum calling for the re-introduction of the death penalty at the funeral of IRA murder victim RUC Superintendent Bob Buchanan (excerpt heard) who was killed with colleague Harry Breen; and on IRA claims they took secret documents from the policemen’s car.

Contributors

Robert McCallum; Fearghal McKinney

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Death penalty; IRA; Police personnel; Funerals; RUC; Bob Buchanan

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