Video interview with John Hume, former leader of the SDLP, and Paul Murphy, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance 'Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords' on 10 April 2008. In a symposium on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement attended by fourteen of its original negotiators, Hume and Murphy discuss the final days of negotiations. The US-Ireland Alliance is a non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1998, which strengthens relations between the United States and the island of Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 2008
Name of First Interviewee: John Hume
Name of Second Interviewee: Paul Murphy
Role at time of Interview: John Hume (former leader of the SDLP), Paul Murphy (former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)
Interviewer: Noel Thompson
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © US-Ireland Alliance
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords
Time Period covered: 1998-2008
Key Individuals: John Hume, Paul Murphy, Tony Blair, George Mitchell
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, North-South relations, Irish government, British government