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Interview with Martin McGuinness by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 October 2002

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Transcript of an interview with Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland Minister of Education, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 13 October 2002. Nine days earlier Sinn Fein's offices at Stormont were raided by the PSNI and three men were arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged republican spy ring. McGuinness discusses the potential impact of these developments on political confidence in the power-sharing Executive. On the following day John Reid suspended devolution in Northern Ireland and returned direct rule from Westminster. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 October 2002

Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness

Role at time of Interview: Northern Ireland Minister of Education and Sinn Féin MLA/MP for Mid Ulster

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 2002

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, David Trimble, Bertie Ahern, Jeffrey Donaldson, Ian Paisley, Tony Blair, John Reid

Key Words: Sinn Féin, IRA, UVF, UDA, Ulster Resistance, Middle East, suspension of devolution, UUP, power-sharing

 

 

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