Video interview with Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Andrew Neil for BBC Sunday Politics on 10 March 2013. In July 2012 an announcement was made that the Real IRA, RAAD and a collection of dissident republicans had merged to form one paramilitary organisation, increasingly known as the New IRA. Meanwhile, public disorder arising from unionist protests over the flag issue from December 2012 included attacks on PSNI officers. In this interview Villiers discusses the threat to the peace process posed by dissident paramilitary groups and public disorder in Northern Ireland. Sunday Politics is a weekly politics and current affairs programme on BBC.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 10 March 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Theresa Villiers
Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Andrew Neil
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Sunday Politics
Time Period covered: 2008-2013
Key Individuals: Theresa Villiers, Peter Robinson
Key Words: PSNI, New IRA, dissident, paramilitary, flag, An Garda Síocahána, Parades Commission, G8