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Title Interview with Fr. Tom Toner by Vernon Mann for ITN on 1 April 1988
Date 1 April 1988
Description Video interview with Fr. Tom Toner, Andersonstown priest, by Vernon Mann for ITN on 1 April 1988. On 16 March two British Army corporals were killed by members of the IRA having arrived at a republican funeral. The burial was that of Kevin Brady who had been killed three days earlier from a loyalist grenade and gun attack by Michael Stone while attending the funeral of the Gibraltar IRA men. Toner, who had conducted the funeral services for the Gibraltar men and condemned the later killings of the British Army corporals, discusses the importance of spirituality in dealing with these events.
Date of Release/Broadcast 1 April 1988
Name of First Interviewee Fr. Tom Toner
Role at time of Interview Andersonstown priest
Interviewer Vernon Mann
Purpose News
Media Audiovisual
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Programme/Book/Article ITN
Time Period covered 1988
Key Individuals Fr. Tom Toner, Anthony Gallagher
Key Words Religion, British Army, IRA, Gibraltar killings
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