Audio interview with Ivan Cooper, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Cooper discusses the impact of the Sunningdale Agreement on the Peace Process in the 1970s. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the third part of a four part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Ivan Cooper
Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP
Interviewer: Don Anderson
Purpose: Research
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons
Time Period covered: 1968-2007
Key Individuals: Ivan Cooper, John Hume, Basil McIvor, Herbert Kirk, John Baxter, Leslie Morrell, Roy Bradford, John Brooke, William Whitelaw, Francis Pym, Edward Heath, Bernadette Devlin, Merlyn Rees, Paddy Devlin
Key Words: Sunningdale Agreement, SDLP, media, power-sharing, community relations, sport, Ulster Workers’ Council strike, Irish government