The Conversation

In this episode of The Conversation, former Irish Republican Army (IRA) man Joe Doherty speaks about his arrest for the killing of SAS man Herbert Westmacott, his escape during the trial, and his journey as an on-the-run in America.

Author and academic Michael Flavin speaks about the anti-Irish prejudice in England during the conflict, the Birmingham Pub Bombing, and his research into Irish Republican leadership.

Journalist and Political Commentator Richard Medhurst speaks about the targeted murder of journalists in the Middle East, Israeli participation in the Olympics, and the Julian Assange case.

Billy McManus and Mark Sykes speak about Sean Graham's Bookmakers' Massacre and the recent incursion into the small nationalist enclave of the Lower Ormeau Road by elements of the far-right and Loyalism.

In this episode of The Conversation, we explore Operation Banner in Northern Ireland, which was the longest continuous deployment in British military history, from two different lenses.

Irish MEP Clare Daly speaks about EU bureaucracy, the Ukraine war, and the Israeli war on Gaza.

Professor Phil Scraton talks about his role in leading the Hillsborough Independent Panel that offered some semblance of justice for the families of the 97 Liverpool fans who died during the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989.