Video interview with Martin McGuinness, vice president of Sinn Fein, by Charlie Rose for PBS Charlie Rose on 7 September 1995. The Provisional IRA and Combined Loyalist Military Command announced military ceasefires on 31 August 1994 and 13 October 1994 respectively. In this interview McGuinness discusses the stability of these ceasefires and the potential for progress in the Peace Process. Five months later, on 9 February 1996, the Provisional IRA ended their ceasefire detonating a bomb in the London docklands which killed 2 and injured 40. Charlie Rose is an American interview-style programme on PBS. This is the second part of a two part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 September 1995
Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness
Role at time of Interview: Vice president of Sinn Féin
Interviewer: Charlie Rose
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: Copyright© 1995 – 2013 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: PBS Charlie Rose
Time Period covered: 1994-1995
Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Patrick Mayhew, Michael Ancram
Key Words: Sinn Féin, IRA, ceasefire, British government, border, prison, British army, RUC, Bloody Sunday, decommissioning