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Interview with David Trimble by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 10 December 2000

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Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 10 December 2000. Two days later then President Bill Clinton began his third presidential visit to Ireland before visiting Northern Ireland the following day. Trimble discusses the potential significance of these visits to the progression of the peace process, with particular reference to republican and loyalist paramilitary groups. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 10 December 2000

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

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

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Donaldson

Key Words: Third Clinton visit to Ireland, Dundalk, Real IRA, American government, Sinn Féin, religion, loyalist paramilitary, UUP, normalisation, Irish government, British government

 

 

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