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Interview with Garret FitzGerald by Joseph O’Malley for the Sunday Independent in December 1981

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Transcript of an interview with Garret FitzGerald, Irish Taoiseach, by Joseph O’Malley for the Sunday Independent in December 1981. In June of that year FitzGerald became Taoiseach of a Fine Gael majority government. Six months later he assesses the success of his policies on Northern Ireland to that point. The Sunday Independent is Ireland’s principal Sunday newspaper.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 27 December 1981

Name of First Interviewee: Garret FitzGerald

Role at time of Interview: Irish Taoiseach

Interviewer: Joseph O’Malley

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Independent.ie

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: The Sunday Indpendent

Time Period covered: 1981

Key Individuals: Garret FitzGerald, William Craig, John Taylor, Harold McCusker

Key Words: Partition, religion, power-sharing, Anglo-Irish Council

 

 

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