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The Chief Constable of Northern Ireland is the third-highest paid police officer in the UK (after the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police). [21] The current chief constable is Jon Boutcher , who was appointed on an interim basis after the resignation of Simon Bryne in September 2023 and successful in being officially ...
This is a list of films set in Northern Ireland, or in some cases dealing with issues relating to Northern Ireland. Many of these films were shot elsewhere, especially the Republic of Ireland and the North of England .
Common before World War II in the UK. Rare today. Smokey State police or troopers. Derived from over-the-road trucker CB radio calls, as popularized by the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. Though the portrayal of police in that movie was generally negative, the term itself is not always derogatory. Snut Norwegian/Swedish slang widely used for cops.
Ireland Nothing Personal: Thaddeus O'Sullivan: Drama. 1996 Lebanon Germany Ireland Warshots: Heiner Stadler 1996 Ireland United States Some Mother's Son: Terry George: Drama, History. 1981 Irish hunger strike: 1997 Ireland This Is the Sea: Mary McGuckian: Drama, Romance. 1997 United Kingdom The Eliminator: Enda Hughes Action, Comedy. 1997 ...
In the opening scene, set in 1973, the Troubles in Northern Ireland result in the death of Collette's younger brother when they are children. The film jumps forward to 1993 London . After a failed bombing attack in London, Collette is arrested and offered a choice by an MI5 officer, Mac, who is assigned as her handler.
Meanwhile, the IRA man who lost the wig tracks Colm down and demands Colm sell him his whole inventory because now every bald Catholic in Northern Ireland is a potential suspect for the police. Colm refuses as his business partner is a Protestant and thinks it would be unethical to protect the IRA because the sales would likely help The Piece ...
The polarised political climate in Northern Ireland resulted in violence from both sides of the political and sectarian divide. The lawlessness that affected the region during the early 1920s, and the problems it caused for the RUC, are indicated in a police report drawn up by District Inspector R.R. Spears in February 1923.
'71 is a 2014 British thriller film [1] directed by Yann Demange (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Gregory Burke. Set in Northern Ireland, it stars Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, David Wilmot, Richard Dormer, Barry Keoghan, Paul Anderson and Charlie Murphy, and tells the fictional story of a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the ...