Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan: a recollection of the origins of the Peace People
As a young reporter at the Finaghy Road North scene of the tragic death of her sister’s three children, I inadvertently broke the news on camera to Mairead Corrigan that the third child had died. It was a moment that echoed the horror of the terrible event itself. After Mairead’s powerful appeal for peace – one of so many from victims and survivors in those years – there followed the scathing interview with a near neighbour across the invisible interface, …