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Interview with Ronnie Flanagan by Peter Sissons for BBC On the Record on 5 August 2001

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Transcript of an interview with Ronnie Flanagan, Chief Constable of the RUC, by Peter Sissons for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 5 August 2001. Two days earlier the Real IRA detonated a car bomb in Ealing Broadway, London, injuring seven people. Flanagan discusses the RUC's response to dissident republican activity and wider UK policing issues. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly current affairs programme on BBC.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 05 August 2001

Name of First Interviewee: Ronnie Flanagan

Role at time of Interview: Chief Constable of the RUC

Interviewer: Peter Sissons

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period: covered 2001

Key Individuals: Ronnie Flanagan

Key Words: Policing, Human Rights Act, G7 Summit, RUC, An Garda Siochana, Real IRA, dissident republican, Ealing Broadway bombing, intelligence

 

 

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