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Interviews with David Trimble and Gerry Adams for ITN on 12 February 2000

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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 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. Trimble and Adams discuss the significance of that day’s events.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 February 2000

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)

Interviewer: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: David Trimble, Gerry Adams

Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD, de Chastelain Report

 

 

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