Video interview with Gerry Fitt, Republican Labour Party MP for Belfast West, by Ronnie Turner for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month Terence O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. Fitt ran as a Republican Labour Party candidate for Belfast West in this election. In this interview he discusses the Nationalist Party manifesto and its approach to the issue of partition.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Fitt
Role at time of Interview: Republican Labour Party MP for Belfast West
Interviewer: Ronnie Turner
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1969
Key Individuals: Gerry Fitt, Terence O'Neill, Ian Paisley
Key Words: Republican Labour Party, Nationalist Party, election, partition, religion, unionist