Audio interview with Austin Currie, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Currie discusses the end of power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and the lessons that can be learned for contemporary power-sharing politics. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the third part of a three part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Austin Currie
Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP
Interviewer: Don Anderson
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons
Time Period covered: 1964-2007
Key Individuals: Austin Currie, Brian Faulkner, Edward Heath, Gerry Fitt
Key Words: Paramilitary, DUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, Sunningdale Agreement, Ulster Workers’ Council strike, SDLP, North-South relations