about how the northern island was pulled from tragedy to peace just after christmas in 1973 thomas needham i was bundled into his car i'd say to school in west belfast . he was never seen alive again by his friends or family it was in a deal of murder and tragedy in the province with 500 people a year dying as nationalist and loyalist paramilitaries mobilized against the power sheeting stunning deal agreement alex takes up the tragic story with journalist and author david blake knox who has published a new book on the killing. david the book where did they get station of this book come from there you know the very height of the troubles 970 free this dreadful murder tell us a bit more about it. well i suppose part of the reason the crew moved to this story is as you say it was at the height of the troubles and i thought it reflected is a very unusual case it was sort of a case that the only german national to to die in northern ireland in the troubles and the only diplomatic representative of any country to die in northern ireland and with troubles what also drew me to this story was that

needham our manager of northern ireland factory and then we examine with alice to mcdonnell one of john hume successors as leader of the s.-t. o.-p. about how the northern island was pulled.