Interview with Margaret Thatcher by Des McCartan for the Belfast Telegraph newspaper. In a very in-depth and detailed interview Thatcher answers many questions put to her by McCartan about the Anglo-Irish Agreement. McCartan puts it to Thatcher that many unionists are suspicious of that agreement. She answers questions regarding Northern Ireland’s place in the UK, the US influence on the Northern Ireland situation, the intergovernmental conference, British and Irish government cooperation and much more.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 December 1985
Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher
Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister
Interviewer: Des McCartan
Purpose: News, Political
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2016
Link: Read the transcript
Time Period covered: 1985
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Enoch Powell, Neil Kinnock, Garret FitzGerald
Key Words: Anglo-Irish Agreement, Hillsborough Agreement, Sunningdale, intergovernmental conference, devolution, assembly, joint sovereignty, federal Ireland, United Ireland, Sinn Féin, SDLP, UUP