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Interview with Martin McGuinness by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 8 July 2001

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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 8 July 2001. Seven days earlier David Trimble resigned as First Minister of Northern Ireland on account of the absence of progress on IRA decommissioning. McGuinness reacts to Trimble's resignation and discusses the Weston Park talks, convened by the British and Irish governments due to take place the next day. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 08 July 2001

Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness

Role at time of Interview: Northern Ireland Minister of Education

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: 2001

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Tony Blair, David Trimble, Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams, John Hume

Key Words: Trimble resignation, Weston Park talks, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin, IRA, decommissioning, UUP, Holy Cross school, education, youth, religion

 

 

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