Episode 232
How the Northern Bank robbery changed Ireland with Glenn Patterson
Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning · Joe Brolly
May 24, 202556m 0sExplicit
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Show Notes
On the 20th December, 2004, £26.5 million was stolen in plain sight from the Northern Bank in Belfast. This wasn't a victimless crime, but some saw it as a caper. Most believed only one organisation was capable of pulling off an operation of this scale. On Free State today, the great writer Glenn Patterson joins us to discuss his new book on the Northern Bank robbery and what it tells us about Ireland. Patterson talks about his own identity too, growing up in a Protestant estate. Belfast has changed he says, but he reflects on what he believes is still holding integration back.
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