Eamon Hession – KILLING OF BRITISH AMBASSADOR EWART-BIGGS
Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his recollections of the death of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, who was killed by the Provisional IRA on 21 July 1976 in...
Eamon Hession – IRA HUNGER STRIKER FRANK STAGG
Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his role in the funeral of IRA hunger striker, Frank Stagg. Stagg was a Provisional IRA hunger striker from Mayo who died in 1976 in Wakefield Prison, England, after...
Eamon Hession – VISIT OF ‘BIG JOHN’ TO DUBLIN BAY
Interviewed 16 June 2021 In this segment, Retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, recalls his memories of the high-profile visit in 1996, to Dublin Bay of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS JFK. More than 10,000 people were invited to tour the ship at anchor in Dublin Bay. The...
Eamon Hession – SPECIAL DETECTIVE UNIT AND IMMIGRATION
Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession speaks about his memories of being involved in the process of checking immigration following the introduction of a common travel area between Britain and Ireland. He refers to the SDU, which...
Eamon Hession – FIRST STATION AND ADVICE OF SENIOR GARDAÍ
Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession speaks about his first station in Dun Laoghaire, where he was posted in 1972. He recalls the advice he got from senior gardaí and that which he applied throughout his career. MS. DELANEY: So what...
