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THE LONG WALK (JUNE 1987)

I've known even hardened republicans who have a sneaking admiration for the courage of the bomb squad. Soldiers describe approaching a suspect device as ‘the long walk’. This guy was out there all by himself in the aftermath of a booby trap explosion. There was still a body in the car.


Source: By kind courtesy of Mr Brendan Murphy. Image copyright ©. All rights reserved.

Perspective

  1. Northern Ireland: Politics & Administration, 1949–93