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Interview with Martin McGuinness by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 29 October 2000

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Transcript of an interview with Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland Minister of Education, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 29 January 2000. In response to a lack of movement on IRA decommissioning David Trimble has insisted that Sinn Féin ministers will be excluded from meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council. Martin McGuinness believes that this is a serious blunder and suggests that Trimble is kowtowing to rejectionists like Jeffrey Donaldson and Ian Paisley. McGuinness calls for the full implementation of the Agreement and the Patten report. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 29 October 2000

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: John Humphrys

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC On the Record

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC On the Record

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, David Trimble, Seamus Mallon, Bairbre de Bruin, Ian Paisley, Jeffrey Donaldson

Key Words: North-South Ministerial Council, Good Friday Agreement, Belfast Agreement, decommissioning, Patten report, Sinn Féin, IRA, UUP, DUP

 

 

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