Video interviews with Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein), David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland) and Ted Kennedy (U.S. Senator for Massachusetts) for ITN on 17 March 1999. Two days earlier Rosemary Nelson, the prominent Lurgan solicitor, was killed in a car bomb attack by a loyalist paramilitary group calling itself the Red Hand Defenders. The event occurred during a period of political tension over the timing of IRA decommissioning in relation to the devolution of power to a Northern Ireland Executive. Adams, Trimble and Kennedy discuss the Rosemary Nelson killing, developments in the decommissioning issue and the potential American influence in progressing talks in Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 March 1999
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Name of Second Interviewee: David Trimble
Name of Third Interviewee: Ted Kennedy
Role at time of Interview: Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein), David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland), Ted Kennedy (U.S. Senator for Massachusetts)
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1999
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, David Trimble, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Rosemary Nelson
Key Words: Sinn Fein, UUP, Rosemary Nelson killing, American government, Clinton visa, decommissioning