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Delours Price interviews received by US officials Dolours Price interviews received by US officials
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By Jennifer O'Leary Dublin reporterBy Jennifer O'Leary Dublin reporter
US officials have received interview transcripts of interviews former IRA member Dolours Price gave to Boston College. US officials have received transcripts of interviews that former IRA member Dolours Price gave to Boston College.
The BBC has learned that 13 transcripts have been received by US officials.The BBC has learned that 13 transcripts have been received by US officials.
The material is being held by the Office of the Assistant US Attorney.The material is being held by the Office of the Assistant US Attorney.
It follows a temporary stay prohibiting US officials disclosing the material to British authorities.It follows a temporary stay prohibiting US officials disclosing the material to British authorities.
In December, Boston College was ordered by a federal judge to turn over recordings, transcripts and other items related to Dolours Price to federal prosecutors acting on behalf of British authorities.In December, Boston College was ordered by a federal judge to turn over recordings, transcripts and other items related to Dolours Price to federal prosecutors acting on behalf of British authorities.
An appeals court decision last Thursday temporarily prevents US officials from handing the documents over to British authorities.An appeals court decision last Thursday temporarily prevents US officials from handing the documents over to British authorities.
The court asked that US government officials file a response to the stay by 9 January.The court asked that US government officials file a response to the stay by 9 January.
Dolours Price was one of 26 former IRA members to give a series of interviews - between 2001 and 2006 - as part of a research study, called the Belfast Project.Dolours Price was one of 26 former IRA members to give a series of interviews - between 2001 and 2006 - as part of a research study, called the Belfast Project.
The project was funded by Boston College, which hired three researchers, including journalist Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre, a former republican prisoner.The project was funded by Boston College, which hired three researchers, including journalist Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre, a former republican prisoner.
In return for honest accounts, former republican and loyalist paramilitaries were promised that their identities would be kept confidential and that the interviews would be released only after their deaths.In return for honest accounts, former republican and loyalist paramilitaries were promised that their identities would be kept confidential and that the interviews would be released only after their deaths.
Three DVDs of interviews conducted by Ed Moloney in 2010 which were not part of the Belfast Project have also been received by US officials.Three DVDs of interviews conducted by Ed Moloney in 2010 which were not part of the Belfast Project have also been received by US officials.
US prosecutors have demanded anything in the Boston College archive related to the 1972 IRA abduction and murder of Belfast mother-of-10, Jean McConville.US prosecutors have demanded anything in the Boston College archive related to the 1972 IRA abduction and murder of Belfast mother-of-10, Jean McConville.