Transcript of an interview with Seamus Mallon, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 5 March 2000. On 11 February Peter Mandelson, then British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, suspended devolved government on the basis of unsatisfactory movement on the decommissioning issue. Mallon assesses the potential impact of that decision on the peace process and discusses strategies for a return to devolved government in Northern Ireland. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.Date of Release/Broadcast: 05 March 2000
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: 2000
Key Individuals: Seamus Mallon, Peter Mandelson, John de Chastelain, David Trimble
Key Words: SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning, suspension of the institutions, De Chastelain report