Identity area
Reference code
MCPP/JS/3/1
Title
John Simpson: Ireland - Newscripts, 1972
Date(s)
- 23 February 1972 - 13 July 1972 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper
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Scope and content
Ring binder containing draft scripts for the news desk; 'Scene Around Six' [BBC Northern Ireland's nightly news programme] and RTE [Ireland's national public service broadcaster] covering Troubles in Ireland, the political stance of the Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch, and the IRA.
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Notes area
Note
This is in the wake of 'Bloody Sunday' which occurred on 30 January 1972, when British paratroopers shot and killed 13 unarmed civil rights protesters (and wounded 14 others, one of whom later died) in Derry, Northern Ireland.