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Title Interviews with David Trimble and Gerry Adams for ITN on 12 February 2000
Date 12 February 2000
Description Video interviews with David Trimble, designate First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, for ITN on 12 February 2000. One day earlier Peter Mandelson suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland over the continued impasse on IRA decommissioning and the potential resignation of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. Trimble and Adams discuss the significance of that day’s events.
Date of Release/Broadcast 12 February 2000
Name of First Interviewee David Trimble
Name of Second Interviewee Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland), Gerry Adams (president of Sinn Fein)
Interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Purpose News
Media Audiovisual
Copyright ©2013 ITN All rights reserved
Link Click here
Programme/Book/Article ITN
Time Period covered 2000
Key Individuals David Trimble, Gerry Adams
Key Words UUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD, de Chastelain Report
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