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
Copyright:
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