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Interview with Martin Ferris and Jeffrey Donaldson for ITN on 6 January 2000

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Video interview with Martin Ferris, Sinn Fein Tralee councillor on Kerry County Council, and Jeffrey Donaldson, UUP MP for Lagan Valley, by Steven Smith for ITN on 6 January 2000. Three days earlier Martin Fusco had been arrested by An Garda Síochána with the view to carrying out his extradition to Northern Ireland to serve his sentence at Maze/Long Kesh prison for the killing of an SAS officer in 1980, having previously escaped from Crumlin Road Jail in 1981. Although Sinn Fein initially prevented his return to prison through a court appeal, he was refused bail awaiting the verdict of his extradition case. In this interview Ferris sets out Sinn Fein’s position on the Fusco episode.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 January 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Martin Ferris

Name of Second Interviewee: Jeffrey Donaldson

Role at time of Interview: Martin Ferris (Sinn Fein Tralee councillor on Kerry County Council), Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP MP for Lagan Valley)

Interviewer: Steven Smith

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1980-2000

Key Individuals: Martin Ferris, Angelo Fusco

Key Words: Sinn Fein, UUP, Irish government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, SAS, prisoner

 

 

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