Transcript of an interview with Garret FitzGerald, Irish Taoiseach, by Joseph O’Malley for the Sunday Independent in December 1981. In June of that year FitzGerald became Taoiseach of a Fine Gael majority government. Six months later he assesses the success of his policies on Northern Ireland to that point. The Sunday Independent is Ireland’s principal Sunday newspaper.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 27 December 1981
Name of First Interviewee: Garret FitzGerald
Role at time of Interview: Irish Taoiseach
Interviewer: Joseph O’Malley
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Independent.ie
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: The Sunday Indpendent
Time Period covered: 1981
Key Individuals: Garret FitzGerald, William Craig, John Taylor, Harold McCusker
Key Words: Partition, religion, power-sharing, Anglo-Irish Council