Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 October 2002. Nine days earlier Sinn Fein's offices at Stormont were raided by the PSNI and three men were arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged republican spy ring. Trimble discusses the potential impact of these developments on political confidence in the power-sharing Executive. On the following day John Reid suspended devolution in Northern Ireland and returned direct rule from Westminster. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 October 2002
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: 2001-2002
Key Individuals: David Trimble, Richard Nixon, Martin McGuinness, John Reid, Tony Blair, George Bush
Key Words: UUP, paramilitary, Castlereagh raid, Stormont spy ring, intelligence, Columbia Three