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Interview with Austin Currie by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Austin Currie, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Currie discusses the end of power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and the lessons that can be learned for contemporary power-sharing politics. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the third part of a three part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Austin Currie

Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP

Interviewer: Don Anderson

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons

Time Period covered: 1964-2007

Key Individuals: Austin Currie, Brian Faulkner, Edward Heath, Gerry Fitt

Key Words: Paramilitary, DUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, Sunningdale Agreement, Ulster Workers’ Council strike, SDLP, North-South relations

 

 

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