Title | Interview with Don Concannon for ITN on 1 May 1981 |
Date | 1 May 1981 |
Description | Video interview with Don Concannon, former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for ITN on 1 May 1981. Two months earlier a republican hunger-strike led by Bobby Sands began in the Maze/Long Kesh prison with the objective of securing Special Category status for republican prisoners. In this press conference Concannon outlines the British Labour Party’s policy towards the hunger-strike and describes the physical and psychological status of those involved from his latest visit to the prison. Four days later Bobby Sands was to become the first hunger-striker to die as part of the campaign. |
Date of Release/Broadcast | 1 May 1981 |
Name of First Interviewee | Don Concannon |
Role at time of Interview | Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
Interviewer | http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITN/1981/05/01/AS010581001/?s="northern%20ireland" |
Purpose | News |
Media | Audiovisual |
Copyright | ©2013 ITN All rights reserved |
Link | Click here |
Programme/Book/Article | ITN |
Time Period covered | 1981 |
Key Individuals | Don Concannon, Bobby Sands, Michael Foot |
Key Words | Labour Party, hunger-strike, Maze prison, Long Kesh prison, Special Category status |
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