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Interviews with Paul Bew, Chris Ryder and Ian Paisley by Anne Perkins for ITN on 2 September 1988

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Video interviews with Paul Bew (Lecturer of Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast), Chris Ryder (journalist and broadcaster) and Ian Paisley (leader of the DUP) for ITN on 2 September 1988. Between 11 January and 30 August John Hume and Gerry Adams held a series of discussions about advancing the peace process but these failed to produce agreement on an IRA ceasefire. Bew, Ryder and Paisley discuss the apparent end of the Hume-Adams talks and future multi-party discussion in Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 September 1988

Name of First Interviewee: Paul Bew

Role at time of Interview: Paul Bew (Lecturer in Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast), Chris Ryder (journalist and broadcaster) and Ian Paisley (leader of the DUP)

Interviewer: Anne Perkins

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the video

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 1988

Key Individuals: Paul Bew, Chris Ryder, Ian Paisley

Key Words: DUP, SDLP, Sinn Fein, ceasefire

 

 

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