Radio interview with Margaret Thatcher by Peter Murphy for IRN (Independent Radio News). The Anglo-Irish Summit is being overshadowed by an IRA hunger strike. Thatcher reiterates that her government is not changing its position with regards to the IRA prisoners. She states that the summit focused on areas of cooperation between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. She dismisses the idea of a Confederation as a possible arrangement for dealing with Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 December 1980
Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher
Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister
Interviewer: Mr Peter Murphy
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2012 and ITN
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Radio Interview for IRN
Time Period covered: 1980
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Charles Haughey, Humphrey Atkins
Key Words: Northern Ireland, Terrorism, Law and order, Anglo-Irish Agreement, hunger strike, Irish government, British government