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Interview with Deirdre Hargey for RTE 1 on 21 February 2005

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Video interview with Deirdre Hargey, Sinn Fein local government prospective candidate for Pottinger, for RTE 1 on 21 February 2005. On 30 January Robert McCartney was fatally attacked in a Belfast bar, dying of his wounds the following day. McCartney's family subsequently launched a high profile international campaign seeking justice for his death. Although elements of the republican movement were suspected of involvement no one has ever been prosecuted for this murder. Deirdre Hargey, a potential Sinn Fein candidate for the Pottinger constituency at the May 2005 local elections, discusses the party's reaction to the McCartney case.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 February 2005

Name of First Interviewee: Deirdre Hargey

Role at time of Interview: Sinn Fein local government prospective candidate for Pottinger

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE 1

Time Period covered: 2004-2005

Key Individuals: Deirdre Hargey, Robert McCartney

Key Words: Sinn Fein, paramilitary, policing

 

 

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