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Interview with David Trimble and Gerry Adams by Dermot Murnaghan for Sky News Murnaghan on 24 June 2012

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Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, by Dermot Murnaghan for Sky News Murnaghan on 24 June 2012. On 28 June Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness as part of her visit to Northern Ireland. Trimble and Adams discuss the potential significance of this event in the context of the wider peace process and the future constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Murnaghan is a Sunday morning current affairs programme on Sky News.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 24 June 2012

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

Name of Second Interviewee: Gerry Adams

Role at time of Interview: David Trimble (Peer in the House of Lords), Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Féin)

Interviewer: Dermot Murnaghan

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

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Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: Sky News Murnaghan

Time Period covered: 2012

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Gerry Adams, Queen Elizabeth II, Martin McGuinness, David Cameron

Key Words: Queen Elizabeth II visit, politicisation, Sinn Féin, election, dissident republican, IRA, hierarchy of victims, Bloody Sunday, partition

 

 

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