Jim McCarthy, a taxi driver from the Poleglass Estate in Belfast, is believed to have been abducted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) when his car was seized for use in a bomb attack.

Report shows Jim McCarthy’s mother Cathy appealing to the IRA to release her son.

Jim McCarthy's home and the exterior of his taxi business.

Housing estate where a bomb was defused on the night of the abduction.

Interview with Doctor Joe Hendron, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).

The reporter is Póilín Ní Chiaráin.

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