The RUC's decision to stop the march was because of a simultaneous loyalist counter-demonstration.

McAnerney says that the march was obstructed by armed hooligans. He said that the NICRA cooperated fully with the police but were still unable to march. McAnerney also points the blame at the Minister for Home Affairs, William Craig.

A RTÉ News report by Ronnie Turner, who speaks to John McAnerney about the civil rights march.

This report was broadcast on 2 December 1968.

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