RR7110A ULSTER REPORT

(7 Mar 1971) RR7110A ULSTER REPORT
In Northern Ireland, the political struggle between
Catholics and Protestants seems to be entering a new
and even more violent phase. According to the
authorities, the men behind the disturbances are no
longer fighting for civil rights for the Catholic minority
but for the inclusion of Ulster in a united, Catholic
Republic of Ireland. The violence is being led by the
so-called "Provisionals", a breakaway group from
the Irish Republican Army. The Provisionals' gunmen,
probably no more than two or three hundred strong,
are currently tying down nearly 7,000 British troops,
as well as a sizeable number of Northern Ireland
police. This report looks at both sides of the conflict
and examines the extent to which the troubles are
disrupting the Northern Ireland economy.
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[@jackofswords7]

This video would have been much better if the sound effects had not been so much louder than the narrator's voice.

[@jockstrap]

The sound is terrible at best, never mind the roar of 6 wheelers and helicopters making it almost impossible to hear anything at all

[@etiennerapacki8481]

>AP Archive
>Good sound quality

[@pauldunneska]

Good report when you can hear it,about the Provisional I.R.A moving the fight from civil rights into a fight for a United Ireland.

[@anthonyquinn7478]

Paul Dunne I can't hear a thing....

[@connryanirvine9964]

The British government and army played right into the provisionals hands In 70/71/72 with martial law, internment,no jury trials ,ballymurphy massacre , bloody Friday,all the while the provos were raising money for weapons then 72 onwards the provos went on the front foot.

[@dazmac159]

Is that a deaths head beret badge at 3:47?
Which unit would that be?

[@unreliablewitness2119]

dazmac15 do tell?

[@aiguanawithinternet1377]

Queen's Royal Lancers. It isn't a deaths head it comes from the unit motto "death or glory"

[@williamsteele1296]

hope that hole was big enough to keep him in and away from hitting catholics

[@JamesOnield]

Remind s me of the godfather 2

[@Atomic568]

The bravest men & women to walk Northern Ireland’s streets. Legendary RUC 🇬🇧 & UDR 🇬🇧

[@jockstrap]

Stephen Mcauley. It is very telling that both are now disbanded, as they had such a bad name for bigotry and hate

[@Downshire]

Won’t be long now, we are in the ascendancy now and a United Ireland won’t long in coming 🇮🇪

[@GF-pf6xh]

🤣🤣

[@lfssasp5919]

17/21 lancers

[@paulsaul7674]

Bigoted force for a bigoted state.

[@andrewspence7635]

We should have kept the b specials to keep the peace , but your nationalists begged for the British army . Shame is on you

[@liamg1706]

@@andrewspence7635 the b specials were nothing more than murderous loyalist paramilitary

[@conorfields604]

@@andrewspence7635 Catholics asked for UN troops or Irish aid... They welcomed British soldiers as they thought they would be less violent than their planted counterparts...they were wrong

[@gazzanorth4373]

@@conorfields604 Catholic bigots were only interested in killing their protestant neighbours and destroying N.Ireland. Absolute scum.

[@Downshire]

@@andrewspence7635 the B Specials were only an extension of the Black and Tans, possibly even worse. What we want is no foreign force in Ireland at all, whether they are Black and Tans, B Specials or British Army. Just think on this, If the failed statelet and the unionist people had been kind to their Catholic neighbour, then there might not have been a need to carry on the struggle for Irish freedom.
However, not to worry as it won’t be long now before we have a United and free Ireland as we are now in the ascendancy. The failed fake statelet only lasted 100 years!

[@johnkennedy972]

Britain out of Ireland 🇮🇪32

[@simonyip5978]

Its not as easy as that, they've had referendums and so far the majority of people in Ulster want to remain part of the UK. If the majority Ulster votes for independence or union with Eire then the British will leave.
Probably because it gets a lot of money from the British government and wouldn't get anywhere like the same help from the Irish government, being part of a 60 million country is always going to be better than being part of a combined total population of less than 8 million people.

[@desmondhull5778]

Ireland out of Northern Ireland,no surrender.😊

[@RobertK1993]

Ulster Scots Unionists/Loyalists talk talk no action no wonder Sinn Féin got so many concessions with such weak opposition

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@RobertK1993😂