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
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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