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1992

Series looking at key years in the history of Northern Ireland using footage, archive and the musical hits of the time. This episode focuses on 1992.

The series that blends archive with the thumping hits of the time.

This episode focuses on 1992. The year starts badly when an IRA bomb kills seven protestant builders at Teebane crossroads. In the following month an off-duty RUC officer shoots three people dead at a Sinn Fein office before killing himself. Two days later the UDA kill five people at a betting office on the Ormeau Road.

In the general election, the Conservatives are re-elected to government, while in the same election Gerry Adams loses his west Belfast seat to the SDLP. An IRA bomb at the Baltic Exchange kills three people and causes massive financial damage to the City of London. In August, the UDA is banned by the government, while the all-party (Brooke-Mayhew) talks end without any breakthrough. December sees the new secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Sir Patrick Mayhew, state that Sinn Fein could join talks if there was a permanent IRA ceasefire.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Dec 2018 00:30

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Role Contributor
Director Michael McDowell
Series Producer Damon Quinn
Executive Producer Deirdre Devlin

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