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Podcast: The BelTel
Episode: The Kew Files: Sam McBride on IRA decommissioning and how it almost collapsed the Good Friday Agreement
Description: IRA decommissioning was an historic political event that has been clouded in secrecy for decades. Files uncovered by the Belfast Telegraph, in The National Archives at Kew, have revealed new details about how the road to decommissioning weakened first minister David Trimble, fueled the rise of the DUP, and almost collapsed the Good Friday Agreement. They also reveal how foreign spy satellites played a part in getting the IRA to destroy their weapons. Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar with his findings from the Kew Files.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...