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Sam McBride: Sir Ken Bloomfield, the IRA murder attempt, and his controversial meeting with MI5
Manage episode 488401356 series 3379610
Sir Ken Bloomfield has died at the age of 94. He wasn’t a politician or a political activist – but he was a key figure in the political life of Northern Ireland. He was at the heart of the old Stormont Government in the years before it collapsed in 1972, being described by a former British Prime Minister as the “brains of the operation”.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor, Sam McBride.
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Manage episode 488401356 series 3379610
Sir Ken Bloomfield has died at the age of 94. He wasn’t a politician or a political activist – but he was a key figure in the political life of Northern Ireland. He was at the heart of the old Stormont Government in the years before it collapsed in 1972, being described by a former British Prime Minister as the “brains of the operation”.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor, Sam McBride.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
600 episodes
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