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