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Bucks Fizz: Special Branch protected us from IRA threat
Sunday Express
|February 05, 2023
BUCKS Fizz needed Special Branch protection ahead of their 1981 Eurovision win, amid fears they could be “taken out by the IRA”.
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Singer Jay Aston revealed armed officers even accompanied her as she bought a pair of tights before the high security show in Dublin.
The pop stars were shadowed by gun-carrying outriders and there were concerns they could be targeted at the contest, which took place at the height of The Troubles. The competition was staged in
Dublin after Irish entry Johnny Logan’s win in 1980 with What’s Another Year.
It prompted fears of violent antiBritish demonstrations and attacks from the paramilitary group.
Bucks Fizz had to stay at a separate hotel from the other contestants, with constant armed guards. They travelled separately to the RDS Stadium for rehearsals and the main show.
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