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Bloody Sunday report: due March 22, 2010

  • 11-03-2010 10:56pm
    #1
    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭


    Is anybody listening to George Jackson talking with Rachel English on RTÉ Radio 1 faoi láthair?

    He has some fascinating radio recordings between a British paratrooper and his commanding officer picked up by a ham radio guy in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

    There's a guy on now, who died a few years back, but was shot on Bloody Sunday and he's saying that he was screaming at the Brits: "Go on shoot me, shoot me, you English bastard", and he was shot.

    It's a really moving interview with Jackson, who has attended every day of the inquiry. You can listen to it here live:

    http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer2_av.html?1_real,http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/radio/radio1.smil,real,200


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  • #2
    dlofnep
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    I'd be seriously surprised if it's not delayed yet again, but I hope there is an honest conclusion to it. Not sure if you've visited it yet RH, but the museum in Derry is worth a visit - You can hear the audio recordings of the day - scary stuff.


  • #3
    Exile 1798
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Exile 1798


    Rebelheart wrote: »
    Is anybody listening to George Jackson talking with Rachel English on RTÉ Radio 1 faoi láthair?

    He has some fascinating radio recordings between a British paratrooper and his commanding officer picked up by a ham radio guy in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

    There's a guy on now, who died a few years back, but was shot on Bloody Sunday and he's saying that he was screaming at the Brits: "Go on shoot me, shoot me, you English bastard", and he was shot.

    It's a really moving interview with Jackson, who has attended every day of the inquiry. You can listen to it here live:

    http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer2_av.html?1_real,http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/radio/radio1.smil,real,200
    The name of the radio ham was Jimmy Porter.

    There was fantastic program on his life and times on BBC Radio Ulster a few months back which is unfortunately no longer available.

    His tapes are historical gold because they are undisputable recordings of British army communications over the period of Bloody Sunday. The British Army found out about the tapes and raided his house and shop repeatedly in search for them, fortunately he had the sense to send them over the border with a friend.

    He also helped set up Radio Free Derry when approached by a number of young Derry Civil Right activists. He said that he installed the transmitter on top of a lift in a building where the British Army occupied the top floor. As the lift went up and down the signal would weaken and strengthen which led the Brits to believe that the transmitter was being driven round in a vehicle. They searched for it for months and months before giving up. Little did they know it was right underneath their nose!


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