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Interviews with residents in a loyalist area of Belfast by Henry McKean for Newstalk’s Moncrieff on 9 April 2013

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Audio interviews with residents in a loyalist area of Belfast by Henry McKean for Newstalk’s Moncrieff on 9 April 2013. On 8 April 2013 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher died. The interviewees offer their views on Margaret Thatcher with particular reference to the issue of hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. Moncrieff is Newstalk’s mid-afternoon magazine programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 April 2013

Role at time of Interview: Residents in loyalist area of Belfast

Interviewer: Henry McKean

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © 2013 Newstalk

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Newstalk’s Moncrieff

Time Period covered: 1981-2013

Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Bobby Sands

Key Words: British government, hunger strike, IRA, Maze, prison, Anglo-Irish Agreement

 

 

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