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Interview with Tim O’Connor for the BBC in 2000

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Audio interview with Tim O’Connor, Joint Secretary of the North-South Ministerial Council (South), by the BBC in 2000. The Council was established under the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. It co-ordinates activity and implements certain government policy decisions across the island of Ireland. O’Connor is interviewed on the progress of the Council to date and discusses its organisation and function within the wider peace process. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Tim O’Connor

Role at time of Interview: Joint Secretary of the North-South Ministerial Council (South)

Interviewer: Unknown

Purpose: News, Research

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart

Time Period covered: 1998-2000

Key Individuals: Tim O’Connor

Key Words: North-South Ministerial Council, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sunningdale Agreement

 

 

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