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Interview with Peter Robinson by Karen Devlin for WIMPS in March 2011

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Video interview with Peter Robinson, First Minister for Northern Ireland, by Karen Devlin for WIMPS in March 2011. Amid increased dissident activity in Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson assesses the threat of paramilitary groups to progress in the Peace Process. Less than one week after this interview, on 2 April, PSNI constable Ronan Kerr was killed by a car bomb planted outside his home by a dissident republican group. WIMPS, Where is my Public Servant?, is a project run by young people which seeks to hold political leaders and policy makers to account through direct media engagement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 30 March 2011

Name of First Interviewee: Peter Robinson

Role at time of Interview: First Minister of Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Karen Devlin

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

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Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: WIMPS

Time Period covered: 2011

Key Individuals: Peter Robinson

Key Words: DUP, dissident, paramilitary, media, youth

 

 

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