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Interview with David Trimble by Aengus Fanning for the Sunday Independent in June 1996

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Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, leader of the UUP, by Aengus Fanning for the Sunday Independent in June 1996. On 10 June all-party talks began at Stormont although Sinn Fein were excluded. Trimble discusses unionist approaches to the negotiations and examines why previous peace initiatives failed. Days after the interview was conducted, the IRA detonated a bomb in Manchester destroying much of the city centre and injuring two hundred people. The Sunday Independent is Ireland’s principal Sunday newspaper.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 June 1996

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the UUP

Interviewer: Aengus Fanning

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Independent.ie

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: The Sunday Indpendent

Time Period covered: 1996

Key Individuals: Garret FitzGerald, William Craig, John Taylor, Harold McCusker, John Hume, Gerry Adams, John Taylor, John Bruton, George Mitchell, Ninian Stevens

Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, IRA, SDLP, Brooke/Mayhew talks, American government, Drumcree, march

 

 

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