LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Owen Carron refused meeting with Prime Minister

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Aug 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:59

Description

Owen Carron, newly-elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, on the IRA hunger strike in H-block of the Maze prison and his request to meet with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was turned down in favour of a meeting with the prisons minister for Northern Ireland, Michael Alison. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Owen Carron

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Members of Parliament; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Fermanagh and South Tyrone; Michael Alison

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