Summary

In this program hosted by Lloyd Dobyns, correspondents Jim Bittermann, Garrick Utley, John Cochran, and Lee McCarthy talk with the following people about the violent situation in Ireland: the Rev. William Addley of Ebrington Presbyterian Church (voice only); Irish Republican Army supporter Finbar O'Dorehy; IRA members Rurairi O'Bradaigh and Dave O'Connell; John Mackin, an American member of Irish Northern Aid; and Humphrey Atkins, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Topics of discussion include the following: the death of Lord Earl Mountbatten, the first Earl of Burma; the history of the religious war in Ireland; the purpose of the Irish Northern Aid organization; and why the British army will not pull out of Ireland. Includes commercials.

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