Audio interviews with Peter Hain, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Dennis Murray, BBC Ireland correspondent, for BBC Radio 4 Today on 9 May 2005. At the general election held four days earlier, the DUP and Sinn Fein maintained their positions as the largest unionist and nationalist parties in Northern Ireland respectively. Meanwhile, David Trimble lost his seat at Westminster for the Upper Bann constituency and announced his intention to resign as leader of the UUP. In these interviews Hain and Murray discuss the possibility of s return to devolved power-sharing government in Northern Ireland. Today is BBC Radio 4’s flagship news and current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 May 2005
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Hain
Name of Second Interviewee: Dennis Murray
Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC Radio 4 Today
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio 4 Today
Time Period covered: 2005
Key Individuals: Peter Hain, Dennis Murray, Ian Paisley, Gerry Adams, David Trimble
Key Words: Election, DUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, partition, IRA, decommissioning, Northern Bank robbery, Robert McCartney killing