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Interview with Billy Hutchinson for the BBC

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Audio interview with Billy Hutchinson, PUP MLA for Belfast North, by the BBC. The Belfast Agreement/ Good Friday Agreement contained a pledge to encourage integrated education in Northern Ireland as a means of creating a tolerant society and to foster reconciliation between communities in Northern Ireland. Hutchinson discusses the impact of integrated education on his son’s social development and that of the wider community. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: Unknown

Name of First Interviewee: Billy Hutchinson

Role at time of Interview: PUP MLA for Belfast North

Interviewer: Unknown

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Billy Hutchinson

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, loyalist, paramilitary, education, community relations, religion

 

 

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