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Interview with Peter Robinson, Andrew Hunter, Kevin McNamara, Anthony Farrar-Hockley for ITN on 11 August 1994

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Video interview with Peter Robinson (First Minister of Northern Ireland), Andrew Hunter (former Conservative Party MP for Basingstoke), Kevin McNamara (former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) and Anthony Farrar-Hockley (former Commander of British Land Forces in Northern Ireland) for ITN on 11 August 1994. Rumours of a Provisional IRA ceasefire continuously surfaced in the late summer of 1994. Earlier that day Hugh Annesley, the Chief Constable of the RUC, stated that a prolonged Provisional IRA ceasefire would see a reduction in British Army patrols in Northern Ireland. Robinson, Hunter, McNamara and Farrar-Hockley respond to Annesley’s comments and any potential ceasefire. The Provisional IRA later announced a cessation of military operations on 31 August.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 August 1994

Name of First Interviewee: Peter Robinson

Name of Second Interviewee: Andrew Hunter

Name of Third Interviewee: Kevin McNamara, Anthony Farrar-Hockley

Role at time of Interview: Peter Robinson (Deputy leader of the DUP), Andrew Hunter (Conservative Party MP for Basingstoke), Kevin McNamara (former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) and Anthony Farrar-Hockley (former Commander of British Land Forces in Northern Ireland

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the video

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1974-1994

Key Individuals: Peter Robinson, Andrew Hunter, Kevin McNamara, Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Hugh Annesley, James Callaghan

Key Words: DUP, British Army, IRA, ceasefire, RUC, Sinn Fein, demilitarisation

 

 

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