Reeling in the Years

1972 (3x3)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Σεπ 24, 2002

After the government agrees that Ireland will join the European Economic Community, a referendum campaign follows at home. Labour and other left-wing groups oppose entry into the Common Market. The ruling Fianna Fail party urges people to vote 'Yes' . Fine Gael unites with Fianna Fail in campaigning for EEC entry. Ireland says 'Yes' to Europe by 1,041,880 votes to 211,888. In the American presidential campaign, Senator George McGovern leads the Democratic Party challenge. Vice-President Agnew and President Nixon go for re-election. Richard Nixon looks forward to four more years in office.Few people comment on a small break-in during the campaign... at the Democratic Party offices in Washington's Watergate Building... Unemployment hits hard in the West of Ireland. Thousands of people travel to England to look for jobs. The search for work divides many families across the Irish Sea. With their husbands abroad, many Irish mothers bring up their children alone. CALCUTTA: A group of nuns tends to the sick and dying. Mother Theresa returns to Ireland where she began her religious life 54 years ago. Derry, 30 January. Thirteen unarmed civil rights marchers are shot dead by British paratroopers. The Bloody Sunday deaths provoke immediate reactions of fury and disbelief. In Dublin, a crowd burns down the British Embassy in Merrion Square. A British inquiry into the killings is quickly established... ...and quickly concludes that at worst, firing 'bordered on the reckless'. No British soldier is ever convicted or even disciplined for his actions. Lord Widgery's report is widely dismissed as a whitewash. The Provisional IRA bombs a Belfast restaurant. 2 people are killed - 130 more are injured. The Official IRA strikes directly against a Parachute Regiment base. The 'no-warning' bomb kills five cleaning women, a gardener and a priest. Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight champion comes to Dublin to fight in Croke Park. Ali's opponent, Al '