How The Irish Times covered the Gubu crisis, from July 1982 to January 1983

The following are newspaper clippings from The Irish Times archive on the murders of Bridie Gargan and Dónal Dunne by Malcolm Macarthur in July 1982, the events that led to his arrest, the downfall of an Attorney General, and Macarthur's subsequent imprisonment. To read the pages in detail, click on Expand on the top left hand side of the screen and simply zoom in to the picture.

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On Friday July 23rd, 1982, a short report on the attack on Bridie Gargan in the Phoenix Park was carried on the front page of The Irish Times. "Gardaí said that the man they were looking for was in his mid-20s, with a pale complexion and an apparently educated accent".

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