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Interview with Seamus Mallon by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 1 July 2001

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Transcript of an interview with Seamus Mallon, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 1 July 2001. On that date David Trimble resigned as First Minister of Northern Ireland on account of insufficient progress made on the decommissioning issue. Amid heightened community tensions surrounding Drumcree and parading, Mallon sets out the importance of reaching agreement on decommissioning. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 01 July 2001

Name of First Interviewee: Seamus Mallon

Role at time of Interview: Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and deputy leader of the SDLP

Interviewer: David Frost

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost

Time Period covered: 1998 - 2001

Key Individuals: Seamus Mallon, Reg Empey, David Trimble

Key Words: Trimble resignation, UUP, SDLP, decommissioning, Drumcree, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Irish Constitution, normalisation

 

 

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