Video interview with Eddie McAteer, leader of the Nationalist Party, for RTE News in September 1969. In August 1968 the Northern Ireland civil rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants. In January 1969, Terence O’Neill established an independent enquiry into the disturbances, the Cameron Commission. Its report concluded that Catholics in Northern Ireland were discriminated against by Unionist policies in employment, housing and voting but also stated that the IRA were an influence in the beginning of the civil rights movement. McAteer discusses the findings of the report with a particular focus on the issue of policing.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 September 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Eddie McAteer
Role at time of Interview: Leader of the Nationalist Party
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968-1969
Key Individuals: Eddie McAteer
Key Words: Civil rights, Cameron Commission, RUC