Transcript of an interview with Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 1 March 1998. On 20 February Sinn Fein had been excluded from the ongoing multi-party talks for seventeen days as a consequence of perceived IRA links to two killings in Belfast on 9 and 10 February. The UDP had been similarly expelled from the talks in January following UFF/UDA involvement in earlier Belfast killings, possible re-entry dependent on the maintenance of the UFF ceasefire. Mowlam discusses the potential implications of Sinn Fein's exclusion from the talks. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 1 March 1998
Name of First Interviewee: Mo Mowlam
Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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: 1998
Key Individuals: Mo Mowlam, Robert Dougan, Brendan Campbell, Gerry Adams, Ian Paisley, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, George Mitchell, Jacques Santer
Key Words: Sinn Féin, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, referendum, UDP, DUP, UKUP, SDLP, UUP, European Union, Parades Commission