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Interview with Bernadette Devlin by Ralf Sotscheck for Die Tageszeitung on 6 April 1999

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Transcript of an interview with Bernadette Devlin, former Independent Socialist MP for Mid Ulster and civil rights activist, by Ralf Sotscheck for Die Tageszeitung on 6 April 1999. One year after the signing of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement Devlin discusses the political direction of the republican movement and the future stability of the Peace Process. Die Tageszeitung is a daily German newspaper.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 April 1999

Name of First Interviewee: Bernadette Devlin

Role at time of Interview: Former Independent Socialist MP for Mid Ulster and civil rights activist

Interviewer: Ralf Sotscheck

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

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Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: Die Tageszeitung

Time Period covered: 1968-1999

Key Individuals: Bernadette Devlin, Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams, John Hume, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, David Trimble, Eamonn McCann, John Meehan, John Major, Martin McGuinness, John Taylor

Key Words: British government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, dissident republican, Sinn Féin, decommissioning, RUC, South Africa, IRA, Truth Commission, UDA, UVF, Drumcree

 

 

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