Transcript of an interview with Jack Lynch, Irish Taoiseach, by Mike Burns for RTE This Week and published in the Irish Times on 11 January 1978. In July 1977 Jack Lynch became Taoiseach of Ireland once again as head of a Fianna Fail government. Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party’s James Callaghan had acceded to the position of Prime Minister in April 1976. In this interview Lynch discusses his relations with Callaghan and the future constitutional position of Northern Ireland. The Irish Times is the leading daily newspaper in Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 January 1978
Name of First Interviewee: Jack Lynch
Role at time of Interview: Irish Taoiseach
Interviewer: Mike Burns
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © 2013 THE IRISH TIMES
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Irish Times
Time Period covered: 1977-1978
Key Individuals: Jack Lynch, James Callaghan, Roy Mason, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Sean Lemass
Key Words: British government, power-sharing, strike, partition, unionism, commemoration, EEC, Provisional IRA, prisoner