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Interview with Oliver Napier by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007

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Audio interview with Oliver Napier, former leader of the Alliance Party, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. Napier discusses the Ulster Workers’ Council strike and the fall of the power-sharing Executive in 1974. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the fourth part of a five part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007

Name of First Interviewee: Oliver Napier

Role at time of Interview: Former leader of the Alliance Party

Interviewer: Don Anderson

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons

Time Period covered: 1965-2007

Key Individuals: Oliver Napier, Sean Lemass, Garret FitzGerald, Brian Faulkner, Gerry Fitt, Paddy Devlin, Roy Bradford, Austin Currie, John Hume, Merlyn Rees, Harold Wilson, Patrick Cooney, David Trimble, Reg Empey

Key Words: Alliance Party, partition, paramilitary, Sunningdale Agreement, rent and rates strike, Ulster Workers’ Council strike, IRA, power-sharing, Council of Ireland, SDLP, policing

 

 

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