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Title Interview with Martin McGuinness by Catherine Deveney for ITV Eye to Eye in 2000
Date 2000
Description Video interview with Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland Minister of Education, by Catherine Deveney for ITV Eye to Eye in 2000. In this interview McGuinness charts his political evolution from IRA Volunteer to Minister for Education in Northern Ireland. Just over one week later Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, suspended devolved government and returned Northern Ireland to Direct Rule from Westminster following unsatisfactory progress on the decommissioning issue. Eye to Eye is an interview-style current affairs programme on ITV.
Date of Release/Broadcast 1 February 2000
Name of First Interviewee Martin McGuinness
Role at time of Interview Minister for Education in Northern Ireland
Interviewer Catherine Deveney
Purpose News
Media Audiovisual
Copyright
Link Click here
Programme/Book/Article ITV Eye to Eye
Time Period covered 1968-2000
Key Individuals Martin McGuinness, Seamus Cusack, Dessie Beattie
Key Words Sinn Féin, partition, religion, education, civil rights, Unionist Party, British army, youth, Provisional IRA, Bloody Sunday, abstention, paramilitary, Real IRA, Continuity IRA
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