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BBC journalists arrested in Irish probe into dissident republicans

by Dave Keating | March 17, 2008 at 12:18 am

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Information is slowly coming out about the BBC journalists arrested in Northern Ireland. This is an interesting story for any journalist, I've flagged it as news wanted and am seeking images of the journalists.

Four BBC journalists were arrested at the weekend by Irish police monitoring the Real IRA, the dissident group responsible for intermittent violence in Northern Ireland.

The four were among 11 men arrested and held for questioning by Gardai in three separate police stations in the border county of Donegal.

It is believed the journalists were working for the BBC's Panorama and BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight investigative programmes. Seven of the arrests were made on Saturday and a further four yesterday.