Stormont Castle Protests

Stormont Castle Protests

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Details

Location

Belfast, Stormont

Year

1985

Date

Production 11/12/1985

Length

04min 08sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

A Good Evening Ulster report from the grounds of Stormont Castle, beside the parliament buildings, where representatives of the main Unionist parties and their supporters have turned up to protest against further Anglo-Irish talks following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. The protestors are stopped from going too near the castle by police and barbed wire. Ian Paisley of the DUP makes a speech, as does Harold McCusker MP of the Ulster Unionist Party, who refers to the barbed wire being employed.

There is also footage of the post-meeting handshakes between Tom King, the UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland and Peter Barry, the tanaiste (deputy prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland. The report ends with minor scuffles between some protestors and the police and with shots of a plane pulling an 'Ulster Says No' banner through the sky.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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