Title | Radio interview by Peter Murphy with Margaret Thatcher at 12 Downing Street for IRN on 9 December 1980 |
Date | 9 December 1980 |
Description | 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 | Click here |
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 |
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