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Radio Interview with Margaret Thatcher by John Frazer for IRN at Dublin Castle on 4 December 1984

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Radio interview with Margaret Thatcher by John Frazer for IRN (Independent Radio News). A month after her famous out, out, out speech in which she dismissed Garret FitzGerald’s proposed options for the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. Thatcher is in Dublin for a European Council meeting. She is questioned by John Frazer about the fallout from her speech. She expresses her surprise at the extent to which her remarks were perceived negatively in Ireland and attributes this to the manner in which they were depicted on television. She states that the summit had actually been very constructive.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 4 December 1984

Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher

Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister

Interviewer: John Fraser

Purpose: News, Political

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2011

Link: Read the transcript 

Time Period covered: 1984

Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Garret FitzGerald

Key Words: Anglo-Irish Summit, European Council

 

 

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