1972 ABC SPECIAL REPORT: “Give Ireland Back To The Irish“( McCartney & Wings)

In February 1972, Paul McCartney released a song with his new band Wings that caused a storm of controversy and was promptly banned as “unsuitable for broadcasting“. The song Give Ireland Back to the Irish was McCartney’s reaction to the events of Bloody Sunday just weeks before, in which 13 protesters were killed (a 14th person later died in hospital) by British soldiers in Northern Ireland. Many were surprised that McCartney had entered the debate. Until then the former Beatle had avoided overt politica