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Title Interviews with David Trimble and Mitchel McLaughlin for ITN on 19 April 1999
Date 19 April 1999
Description Video interviews with David Trimble, designate First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Mitchel McLaughlin, chairperson of Sinn Fein, for ITN on 19 April 1999. The Hillsborough Declaration from the British and Irish governments on 1 April created a framework for progress towards power-sharing government in Northern Ireland and invested the IICD with responsibility for scheduling IRA decommissioning. However, disagreement continued among Northern Ireland political parties over the timing of IRA decommissioning. Ahead of and following further talks at Downing Street between the British and Irish governments, the SDLP, Sinn Fein and UUP on 19 April, Trimble and Mitchel discuss the stability of the peace process.
Date of Release/Broadcast 19 April 1999
Name of First Interviewee David Trimble
Name of Second Interviewee Mitchel McLaughlin
Role at time of Interview David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland), Mitchel McLaughlin (Chairperson of Sinn Fein)
Interviewer
Purpose News
Media Audiovisual
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Programme/Book/Article ITN
Time Period covered 1998-1999
Key Individuals David Trimble, Mitchel McLaughlin
Key Words UUP, Sinn Fein, British government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, decommissioning, power-sharing, loyalist paramilitary
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