LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

IRA terrorists jailed

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

Gareth Furby reports from Winchester on the 25 year sentences given to 3 Irish terrorists Martina Shanahan, Finbar Cullen and John McCann who plotted to murder Ulster Secretary Tom King and 17 other politicians, judges and army generals. Brother of one of the terrorists, Paddy Shanahan, comments on the sentence; Gareth Peirce, solicitor for the terrorists claims it is a miscarriage of justice; PC Alan Gardener(?) describes some of the evidence.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; Paddy Shanahan; Alan Gardener(?); Gareth Peirce

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Conspiracy; Terrorism; Ireland; IRA; Imprisonment; Trials; Cabinet ministers; Sentencing; Winchester; Tom King; Right to justice; Martina Shanahan; Finbar Cullen; John McCann

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