Video interviews with David Trimble (First Minister of Northern Ireland), Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein) and Martin McGuinness (Northern Ireland Minister of Education) for ITN on 1 February 2000. One day earlier the second de Chastelain Report had stated that no IRA decommissioning had yet taken place. The news came in a period of heightened political tension in which it was indicated that David Trimble could resign as First Minister of Northern Ireland on the decommissioning issue. The interviewees discuss the conclusions of the de Chastelain Report. Ten days later Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 1 February 2000
Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble
Name of Second Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Name of Third Interviewee: Martin McGuinness
Role at time of Interview: David Trimble (First Minister of Northern Ireland), Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein), Martin McGuinness (Northern Ireland Minister of Education)
Interviewer: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1999-2000
Key Individuals: David Trimble, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, John de Chastelain, Peter Mandelson
Key Words: Sinn Fein, UUP, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation