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Interview with David Trimble by Noel Thompson for BBC Hearts and Minds on 22 May 2008

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Video interview with David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, by Noel Thompson for BBC Hearts and Minds on 22 May 2008. Trimble reflects on the legacy of the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement ten years on and discusses the political impact that agreement had on the political success of the Ulster Unionist Party. Hearts and Minds was a current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland between 1996 and 2012.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 22 May 2008

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

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

Interviewer: Noel Thompson

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland Hearts and Minds

Time Period covered: 1998-2008

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Seamus Mallon, Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, Tony Blair, Jonathan Powell, George Mitchell

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, UUP, St. Andrew's Agreement, unionist, SDLP, DUP, British government, paramilitary, decommissioning

 

 

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