Audio interview with Garret FitzGerald, former Irish Taoiseach, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. FitzGerald discusses negotiations with unionists and the British government in the period between the Sunningdale Agreement and the Maze hunger-strikes. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the second part of a three part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Garret FitzGerald
Role at time of Interview: Former Irish Taoiseach
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: 1972-2007
Key Individuals: Garret FitzGerald, James Callaghan, John Hume, Edward Heath, Merlyn Rees, Harold Wilson
Key Words: Sunningdale Agreement, British Army, Bloody Sunday, partition, IRA, Dublin-Monaghan bombings, Ulster Workers’ Council, paramilitary, British Government, IRA, hunger-strike, prisoner, media, partition