Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the UUP, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 6 May 2001. One year earlier the IRA issued a statement declaring its commitment to begin decommissioning. This was met with cautious optimism by David Trimble who received the backing of the Ulster Unionist Council later that month to re-enter power-sharing government with Sinn Fein. In this interview Trimble discusses the lack of substantive progress on the decommissioning issue one year after these events. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 06 May 2001
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: 1972 - 2001
Key Individuals: David Trimble, Jeffrey Donaldson, Martin McGuinness
Key Words: UUP, Sinn Féin, IRA, decommissioning, SDLP, election, DUP, Bloody Sunday