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Title Interview with Shaun Woodward by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland on 10 May 2009
Date 10 May 2009
Description Video interview with Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show on 10 May 2009. On 7 March a Real IRA attack on Massereene Barracks in Antrim town killed two British soldiers and injured two other soldiers and two civilians. Two days later the Continuity IRA killed PSNI officer Stephen Carroll, the first police officer killed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since 1998. In this interview Woodward discusses the political and public reactions to growing dissident republican activity in Northern Ireland. The Politics Show is a weekly current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast 10 May 2009
Name of First Interviewee Shaun Woodward
Role at time of Interview Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer Jim Fitzpatrick
Purpose News
Media Audiovisual
Copyright BBC © 2013
Link Click here
Programme/Book/Article BBC Northern Ireland The Politics Show
Time Period covered 2009
Key Individuals Shaun Woodward
Key Words Real IRA, Continuity IRA, dissident republican, policing, justice, DUP, Sinn Féin
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