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Interview with David Trimble by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 October 2002

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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 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

 

 

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