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Interview with Jim Speers and Pat Brannigan for the BBC

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Audio interview with Jim Speers (member of the UUP) and Pat Brannigan (member of the SDLP), both former mayors of Armagh by the BBC. The Belfast Agreement/ Good Friday Agreement contained a pledge to promote integrated housing in Northern Ireland as a means of creating a tolerant society and to foster reconciliation between communities in Northern Ireland. Based on this shift in policy, Armagh City Council proposed greater investment in integrated housing under their jurisdiction. Speers and Brannigan assess this proposal and discuss the difficulties to its implementation in Armagh. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: Unknown

Name of First Interviewee: Jim Speers

Name of Second Interviewee: Pat Brannigan

Role at time of Interview: Jim Speers (member of the UUP), Pat Brannigan (member of the SDLP)

Interviewer: Unknown

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Jim Speers, Pat Brannigan

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Armagh, housing, community relations, religion, Drumcree

 

 

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