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Interview with John Hume for RTE News in April 1969

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Video interview with John Hume, Independent Nationalist MP for Foyle, by Ronnie Turner for RTE News in April 1969. On 23 April the Unionist Party announced that it had passed a resolution adopting the principle of universal adult franchise at the next local government election. Hume discusses the potential political impact of this decision on the Unionist Party.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 23 April 1969

Role at time of Interview: Independent Nationalist MP for Foyle

Interviewer: Ronnie Turner

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1968-1969

Key Individuals: John Hume, Terence O’Neill, James Chichester-Clarke

Key Words: John Hume

 

 

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