Judge rules oral history tape release would not “materially increase the risk to his life or that of his family”

This morning Mr Justice Treacy rejected Anthony McIntyre’s application for a judicial review in the latest attempt to prevent the PSNI from accessing republican interview transcripts from the Boston College oral history project. It is thought that the PSNI team investigating the 1972 murder of Jean McConville are behind the UK government request to get hold of the tapes of interviews with Dolours Price which are currently held in the US. Two weeks ago, McIltyre’s fellow researcher Ed Moloney (who …

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