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
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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