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Interviews with Conor Lenihan, Mary Henry, Bertie Ahern and David Trimble for ITN on 12 February 2000

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Video interviews with Conor Lenihan (Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South-West), Mary Henry (Independent Irish Senator), Bertie Ahern (Irish Taoiseach), and David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland) for ITN on 12 February 2000. One day earlier Peter Mandelson suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland over the continued impasse on IRA decommissioning and the potential resignation of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. Lenihan, Henry, Ahern and Trimble outline future solutions to the devolution-decomissioning issue

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 February 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Conor Lenihan

Name of Second Interviewee: Mary Henry

Name of Third Interviewee: Bertie Ahern, David Trimble

Role at time of Interview: Conor Lenihan (Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South-West), Mary Henry (Independent Irish Senator), Bertie Ahern (Irish Taoiseach), David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland)  

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Conor Lenihan, Mary Henry, Bertie Ahern, David Trimble

Key Words: UUP, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Irish government

 

 

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