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Interview with Peter Taylor by Huw Edwards for BBC News 24 on 10 March 2009

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Video interview with Peter Taylor, author and broadcaster, by Huw Edwards for BBC News 24 on 10 March 2009. On 7 March a Real IRA attack on Massereene Barracks in Antrim town killed two British soldiers and injured two other soldiers and two civilians. Two days later the Continuity IRA killed PSNI officer Stephen Carroll, the first police officer killed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since 1998. In this interview Taylor analyses the organisation of dissident republican groups and assesses their threat to the peace process.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 10 March 2009

Name of First Interviewee: Peter Taylor

Role at time of Interview: Author and broadcaster

Interviewer: Huw Edwards

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC News 24

Time Period covered: 1986-2009

Key Individuals: Peter Taylor, Stephen Carroll, Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams

Key Words: Massereene Barracks shooting, dissident republican, Continuity IRA, Real IRA, Sinn Féin, PSNI, Al-Qaeda

 

 

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