Video interview with Gerry Fitt, Republican Labour MP for Belfast West, for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month Terence O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. Fitt is interviewed about his election policy as a Republican Labour Party candidate for Belfast West.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Fitt
Role at time of Interview: Republican Labour MP for Belfast West
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1969
Key Individuals: Gerry Fitt, Ronald Bunting, Ian Paisley, James Connolly, Terence O'Neill
Key Words: Republican Labour Party, election, unionist, civil rights