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Interview with David Trimble by David Frost for Al Jazeera English Frost over the World on 21 March 2008

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Video interview with David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for Al Jazeera English programme Frost over the World on 21 March 2008. A decade after the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, Trimble reflects on events which led to the accord and discusses how the agreement has affected Northern Ireland since. Frost over the World was an interview-based political and cultural programme on Al Jazeera English. The interview is item two on the programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 22 March 2008

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

Role at time of Interview: Former First Minister of Northern Ireland and former leader of the UUP

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © Al Jazeera

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Al Jazeera English Frost over the World

Time Period covered: 1998-2008

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Mo Mowlam, Ian Paisley

Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, referendum, prisoner, SDLP, UUP, DUP, Sinn Fein, community relations, legacy, paramilitary

 

 

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