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Interview with Martin McGuinness and Simon Hamilton by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show on 12 July 2009

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Video interview with Martin McGuinness, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Simon Hamilton, Northern Ireland Minister of Finance and Personnel, by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show on 12 July 2009. In April 2007 it was announced that Paddy Ashdown was to lead a review of parading in Northern Ireland. McGuinness and Hamilton discuss the potential recommendations of the Ashdown Report. The Politics Show is a weekly current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 July 2009

Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness

Name of Second Interviewee: Simon Hamilton

Role at time of Interview: Martin McGuinness (deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland), Simon Hamilton (DUP MLA for Strangford)

Interviewer: Jim Fitzpatrick

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

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Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show

Time Period covered: 1798-2009

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Drew Nelson, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Paddy Ashdown, Peter Robinson

Key Words: Sinn Féin, DUP, Orange Order, parade, IRA, commemoration, Apprentice Boys, Ashdown Review, Parades Commission

 

 

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