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Interview with Paul Murphy by Louise Hidalgo for BBC World Service Witness in 2012

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Audio interview with Paul Murphy, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Louise Hidalgo in 2012 for the BBC World Service Witness radio programme. Murphy offers revealing insights into the final stages of negotiations for the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. Witness is a daily radio broadcast on the BBC World Service which examines pivotal historical events through interviews with key participants, an examination of archive material and discussion with leading historians.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 April 2012

Name of First Interviewee: Paul Murphy

Role at time of Interview: Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Louise Hidalgo

Purpose: Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC World Service Witness

Time Period covered: 1997-1998

Key Individuals: Paul Murphy, Tony Blair, George Mitchell, Bill Clinton, Bertie Ahern, Mo Mowlam

Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Stormont, nationalist, unionist, British government, Irish government, North-South relations, East-West relations

 

 

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