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Interview with Seamus Mallon by Jon Snow for ITN on 2 February 2000

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Video interview with Seamus Mallon, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, by Jon Snow for ITN on 2 February 2000. Two days earlier the second de Chastelain Report was published stating that no IRA decommissioning had yet taken place. The news came in a period of heightened political tension in which it was indicated that David Trimble could resign as First Minister of Northern Ireland on the decommissioning issue. Mallon discusses the conclusions of the de Chastelain Report and the potential collapse of power-sharing government. Nine days later Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 February 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Seamus Mallon

Role at time of Interview: Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Jon Snow

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1998-2000

Key Individuals: Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, George Mitchell, John de Chastelain, Peter Mandelson, Bertie Ahern

Key Words: SDLP, UUP, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD

 

 

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