Video interview with Martin McGuinness, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show in June 2008. On 24 June 2008 Emmet Shiels was murdered in Derry/Londonderry amid growing dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland. Martin McGuinness discusses the Shiels case and the stability of the Peace Process in relation to the perceived resurgence in dissident republicanism. The Politics Show is a weekly current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 29 June 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness
Role at time of Interview: Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Sinn Fein MLA and MP for Mid Ulster
Interviewer: Jim Fitzpatrick
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show
Time Period covered: 2008
Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Emmet Shiels, Robert McCartney
Key Words: Sinn Fein, dissident, republican, policing, DUP, youth, paramilitary, power sharing