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Interview with David Trimble by Peter Sissons for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 21 July 2002

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Transcript of an interview with David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland, by Peter Sissons for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 21 July 2002. Four days earlier the Provisional IRA issued a statement apologising to all non-combatant victims of its Troubles' campaign. Trimble discusses the potential significance of this declaration to the peace process with particular reference to decommissioning and continued sectarian violence in Belfast. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 July 2002

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

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

Interviewer: Peter Sissons

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 2002

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Tony Blair

Key Words: UUP, decommissioning, IRA apology, dissident republican, paramilitary

 

 

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