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Interview with Martin McGuinness by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show in June 2008

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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

 

 

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