The Rise of Sinn Féin

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Society & Culture, Documentary

4.1 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ireland correspondent Chris Page looks at the growth of Sinn Féin across the island of Ireland over the last 30 years and explores how it has achieved that. He examines the party's current aims and policies, from housing to the economy. And he asks, given the current trend in the polls, what the implications might be of the party being in government in two jurisdictions - in Belfast and in Dublin.

Presenter: Chris Page Producer: Camellia Sinclair Lead broadcast engineer: Ilse Lademann

Credit: "Two Tribes", RTÉ One, 22nd December 2022

Transcript

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0:00.0	This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.
0:05.0	The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.
0:09.0	And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.0	The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.5	The IRA inmates who found a way.
0:14.5	I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path
0:19.5	through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
0:25.0	The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.
0:28.5	Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:40.0	Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm Vanessa Kasule. If you love unique documentaries,
0:47.0	this is the podcast for you. Each week you'll find two new episodes to discover.
1:01.0	30 years ago in January 1994, there was a change in the law in Ireland. A significant moment in politics and the peace process.
1:05.0	The Irish government is lifting its ban on the broadcasting of interviews with representatives
1:09.6	of Sinn Féin and the IRA.
1:11.6	The ban's been there since 1971 and reporters can't seek
1:15.5	interviews or even carry reports of interviews with say Sinn Fain's spokesman.
1:20.1	From next Wednesday they can and broadcast the sound.
1:24.0	Back then the media used an almost standard form of words to describe Sinn Féin,
1:30.0	the political wing of the IRA.
1:33.0	Later that year, the Republican paramilitary group announced a ceasefire
1:37.5	and the British government lifted its ban on the voices of Sinn Féin members
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