Video interview with Martin McGuinness, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, for UTV Live Tonight on 18 June 2009. In this interview McGuinness discusses the political development of the republican movement from the Maze/Long Kesh hunger-strikes to the Northern Ireland Assembly elections in October 1982. Live Tonight is a nightly political and current affairs programme on UTV.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 18 June 2009
Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness
Role at time of Interview: Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright:
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: UTV Live Tonight
Time Period covered: 1980-2009
Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Bobby Sands, John Hume
Key Words: Maze/Long Kesh prison, hunger-strike, Sinn Féin, election, SDLP