Title | Interview with Brian Faulkner for RTE News in September 1969 |
Date | September 1969 |
Description | Video interview with Brian Faulkner, Northern Ireland Minister of Development, for RTE News in September 1969. In August of 1968 the Northern Ireland civil rights movement began public marches in support of its objectives causing community tensions between Catholics and Protestants. In January 1969, Terence O’Neill established an independent enquiry into the disturbances, the Cameron Commission. Its report concluded that Catholics in Northern Ireland were discriminated against by Unionist policies in employment, housing and voting but also stated that the IRA were an influence in the beginning of the civil rights movement. Faulkner discusses the report with particular reference to the issue of policing. |
Date of Release/Broadcast | 12 September 1969 |
Name of First Interviewee | Brian Faulkner |
Role at time of Interview | Northern Ireland Minister of Development |
Interviewer | |
Purpose | News |
Media | Audiovisual |
Copyright | © RTÉ 2013 |
Link | Click here |
Programme/Book/Article | RTE News |
Time Period covered | 1968-1969 |
Key Individuals | Brian Faulkner |
Key Words | Civil rights, Cameron Commission |
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