Taoiseach Campaigns in Border Counties

EXHIBITION : RTÉ COVERAGE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS

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Taoiseach Charles Haughey speaks out strongly against the H Block activists who attempt to disrupt his election campaign.

Title
Taoiseach Campaigns in Border Counties
1st Broadcast
02/06/1981
Contributor
Tom McSweeney (Reporter)
Clip Duration
00:04:50

Material Type
Video
Series title
RTÉ News
Clip title
Taoiseach Campaigns in Border Counties
Extended description
RTÉ News reports on the Taoiseach Charles Haughey leader of the Fianna Fáil party as he campaigns throughout the country in advance on the 1981 general election.

In the border counties of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan , supporters of the hunger strikers in the H Block prison attempt to disrupt the campaign.

The National H-Blocks Committees had announced that they would harrass the Taoiseach during all public appearances during the election campaign because, they claimed, he had not done enough to end the hunger strike in the Maze Prison.

The Taoiseach is received warmly in Arklow and Newtownmountkennedy.
Information
RTÉ News reports on the Taoiseach Charles Haughey as he campaigns throughout the country against the background of hunger strikes by Republican prisoners in the north of Ireland.

Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison, also known as the Maze or the H Blocks near Belfast , Northern Ireland wished to be treated as political prisonsers. 10 prisoners died on the 1981 hunger strikes.
Local keywords
General Election 1981, Charles Haughey, Fianna Fail, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Monaghan, Castleblaney, Gardai, Cootehill, County Cavan , Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, H Block supporters, Declan Connolly, Arklow, County Wexford
Geographical coverage
Ireland, Donegal, Letterkenny, Monaghan, Castleblaney, Cavan, Cootehill, Newtownmountkennedy, Arklow, Wicklow, Wexford
Genre
News
Topic
Politics and Economics
Publisher Broadcaster
RTÉ
First broadcast channel
RTÉ
Production year
1981
Country of production
IRELAND
Original identifier
N153/0081D
IPR restrictions
Rights Reserved - Free Access
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Item type
part/extract
Item colour
Colour
Item sound
Mono
Aspect ratio
4:3
Language used
English (eng)
Original language
English (eng)