Anglo-Irish agreement - Tom King attacked
- Title
- Anglo-Irish agreement - Tom King attacked
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 20 Nov 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:00:33
- Description
- Speech by DUP Councillor George Seawright on an incident where Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King was attacked by a group of loyalists in Belfast following the signing of the Anglo-Irish agreement on the future of Northern Ireland agreed between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish premier Dr Garret FitzGerald. To shouts of Hear Hear.
- Contributors
- George Seawright
- Keywords
- Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Political protests; Peace treaties; Demonstrations; International politics; Assault; Peacebuilding; Unionism (Irish politics); International cooperation; International instruments; Cabinet ministers; Violence against the person; Tom King
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