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Oliver Hughes on Frankie Hughes’s hunger strike (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Oliver Hughes, brother of Frankie Hughes who is on hunger strike in The Maze prison and close to death, says his brother embarked on the protest out of choice and is not being pressured by the Irish...
Derry quiet before funeral of Bobby Sands (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Kim Sabido reports on a relatively quiet night in Derry. Residents of the Creggan Estate say there may be violence on Thursday after the funeral of Bobby Sands, a Maze prisoner who died following a hunger...
Sile de Valera on H-Block hunger strikers (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Dublin MEP, Sile de Valera says the British Government should give in to the demands of hunger strikers in the Maze Prison. She says Irish prisoners in Britain already have special category status, therefore...
Humphrey Atkins on constitutional problems in Northern Ireland (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Humphrey Atkins, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, says there can be no change in the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless the people want it. Male interviewer not identified.
Rally for hunger striker Bobby Sands (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Kim Sabido reports on a rally in support of Bobby Sands, a hunger striker imprisoned in the Maze. Includes an interview with Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and an excerpt from a speech by Father Brian McCreesh,...
Danny Morrison on death of Bobby Sands (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Sinn Fein spokesman Danny Morrison blames British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands. He says the Republicans should respond peacefully but continue their fight...
Brian McCreesh on hunger striker Raymond McCreesh (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Father Brian McCreesh, brother of Maze prison hunger striker Raymond McCreesh, says his brother is very weak, almost blind and deaf but remains resolute. He says his brother is fasting for the right to be...
IRA prisoners escape from Crumlin Road (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the armed escape of eight IRA prisoners from the Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast. Three of the men disguised themselves as prison officers and a solicitor before opening the gates to the rest of the...
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on parliamentary election law (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Dublin MEP, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on a change in election law which stops criminals from standing for Parliament in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The law was introduced after hunger striker...
Ian Paisley on attempt to shoot him (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
The Reverend Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, after a shot was fired at him while he was travelling from the BBC studio in Belfast to his home. The shot was fired while Paisley was...