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Interview with Reg Empey by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords on 10 April 2008

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Video interview with Reg Empey, leader of the UUP, by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance 'Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords' on 10 April 2008. In a symposium on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement attended by fourteen of its original negotiators, Empey is interviewed on the subject of negotiating the agreement. The US-Ireland Alliance is a non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1998, which strengthens relations between the United States and the island of Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 2008

Name of First Interviewee: Reg Empey

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the UUP and UUP MLA for Belfast East

Interviewer: Noel Thompson

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © US-Ireland Alliance

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords

Time Period covered: 1998-2008

Key Individuals: Reg Empey, John Taylor, Liz O'Donnell, Paul Murphy, Garret Fitzgerald, Bill Clinton

Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, UUP, British government, Irish government

 

 

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