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Interviews with Kevin McNamara, Charles Kennedy and Gerry Adams for ITN on 15 February 2000

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Video interviews with Kevin McNamara (former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland), Charles Kennedy (leader of the Liberal Democratic Party) and Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein) for ITN on 15 February 2000. Four days 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. McNamara, Kennedy and Adams discuss the complexity of the decommissioning issue and its long-term impact on the peace proc

Date of Release/Broadcast: 15 February 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Kevin McNamara

Name of Second Interviewee: Charles Kennedy

Name of Third Interviewee: Gerry Adams

Role at time of Interview: Kevin McNamara (Labour Party MP for Hull North), Charles Kennedy (leader of the Liberal Democratic Party) and Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein) 

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Kevin McNamara, Charles Kennedy, Gerry Adams, Peter Mandelson

Key Words: Sinn Fein, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, IICD, Trimble resignation, British government

 

 

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