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Interview with Michael McGimpsey by Krishnan Guru-Murthy for ITN on 12 February 2000

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Video interview with Michael McGimpsey, UUP MLA for Belfast South, by Krishnan Guru-Murthy for ITN on 12 February 2000. One day earlier Peter Mandelson suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland over the continued impasse on IRA decommissioning and the potential resignation of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGimpsey discusses future solutions to the devolution-decommissioning issue.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 February 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Michael McGimpsey

Role at time of Interview: UUP MLA for Belfast South

Interviewer: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Michael McGimpsey, Peter Mandelson, Gerry Adams

Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD

 

 

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