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