Transcript of an interview with Terence O’Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, by Michael McInerney for the Irish Times in May 1966. In January 1965 O’Neill met Irish Taoiseach Sean Lemass in Belfast to discuss economic cooperation and then travelled to Dublin to repeat the meeting again one month later. In this interview O’Neill discusses the process which led to these talks and the future of North-South relations. The Irish Times is the leading daily newspaper in Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 4 May 1966
Name of First Interviewee: Terence O’Neill
Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Michael McInerney
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © 2013 THE IRISH TIMES
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Irish Times
Time Period covered: 1966
Key Individuals: Terence O’Neill, Sean Lemass, Jim Malley, T.K. Whitaker, Gerry Fitt, Eamon de Valera
Key Words: North-South relations, Unionist Party, economy, Nationalist Party