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