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Interview with William Craig for RTE News by John Ross in February 1969

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Video interview with William Craig, former Northern Ireland Minister of Home Affairs, by John Ross for RTE News in February 1969. Craig had been dismissed by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Terence O'Neill, in December 1968. In February 1969 O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. In this interview Craig discusses the political leadership of Terence O'Neill and the policies of the Unionist Party. O'Neill was to resign as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in April 1969.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 25 February 1969

Name of First Interviewee: William Craig

Role at time of Interview: Former Northern Ireland Minister of Home Affairs

Interviewer: John Ross

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE News

Time Period covered: 1969

Key Individuals: William Craig, Terence O'Neill

Key Words: Unionist Party, election, nationalist

 

 

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