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 |
Copyright | ©2013 ITN All rights reserved |
Link | Click here |
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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