Interview with Bertie Ahern, Irish Taoiseach, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 17 February 2002. On the following day Ahern met Tony Blair to assess the progress made on the implementation of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. In this interview Ahern discusses key issues in the peace process including policing and the stability of the institutions. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 February 2002
Name of First Interviewee: Bertie Ahern
Role at time of Interview: Irish Taoiseach
Interviewer: David Frost
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost
Time Period covered: 2002
Key Individuals: Bertie Ahern, John Reid, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Tony Blair
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin, IRA, policing, justice, partition, PSNI, election