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Interviews with David Trimble and Gerry Adams for ITN on 1 July 1999

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Video interviews with David Trimble, designate First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, for ITN on 1 July 1999. As multi-party talks at Stormont continued on the timing of decommissioning and the formation of a power-sharing Executive twenty-four hours after the initial 30 June deadline, Trimble and Adams set out their respective positions. One day later the British and Irish governments published ‘The Way Forward’, a document setting out a process for the formation of the Executive on 15 July and the beginning of decommissioning soon after.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 1 July 1999

Name of First Interviewee: David Trimble

Name of Second Interviewee: Gerry Adams

Role at time of Interview: David Trimble (Designate First Minister of Northern Ireland), Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein)

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Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the video

Time Period covered: 1998-1999

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Gerry Adams, Tony Blair

Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, British government, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning, power-sharing

 

 

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