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Interview with Gerry Adams by Jon Snow for Channel 4 in September 1994

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Video interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, by Jon Snow for Channel 4 in September 1994. On 31 August 1994 the Provisional IRA announced a cessation of military operations. In this interview Adams discusses the potential significance of this announcement in building towards a political agreement in Northern Ireland. On 9 February 1996, the Provisional IRA ended their ceasefire, detonating a bomb in the London docklands which killed 2 and injured 40.

Date of Release/Broadcast: September 1994

Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams

Role at time of Interview: President of Sinn Féin

Interviewer: Jon Snow

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

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Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Channel 4

Time Period covered: 1994

Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, John Hume, Albert Reynolds, Dick Spring, Ian Paisley, James Molyneaux

Key Words: IRA, ceasefire, Sinn Féin

 

 

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