'A Black Man is better than a Fenian': Catholic Police Officers in the RIC, RUC and PSNI Part II

from Stray Bullets · host E.S. Haggan

The second episode in which I look at the experience of catholic officers within the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. A glimpse of how catholic officers are exposed to isolation, sectarianism and even racism and matters of faith, both external to the job and within it. Click here if you’d like to send me a comment or question. Thank you.Support the showMédecins Sans FrontièresUnicefPEN International

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