S5E5: 1983 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

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The NI Assembly continues to sit but remains without any powers due to a nationalist boycott. The year sees the beginning of the controversial 'supergrass trials.' Serious questions are raised when it turns out that many of these 'supergrasses' have been granted immunity from prosecution and given money to testify.

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