LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

British soldiers killed at IRA funeral

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Report on the murder by an IRA mob of two British corporals, Bob Howes and Derek Wood, caught up in the funeral cortege for IRA member Kevin Brady in Andersonstown, Belfast. The victims’ Commanding Officer Lieutenant- Colonel Martin Roberts denying the soldiers were on undercover surveillance duty. Unionist MP Ken Maginnis asking why the army surveillance helicopter did not raise the alarm. Condemnation of the killings from Father Thomas Toner. Ben Brown reporting for AM programme.

Contributors

Ben Brown; Ken Maginnis; Martin Roberts; Thomas Toner

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Funerals; Army; Soldiers; Belfast; Andersonstown; AM (radio programme); Milltown Cemetery; Bob Howes; Derek Wood; Kevin Brady

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