Video interview with Ken Maginnis, UUP MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, by Tom Bradby for ITN on 11 August 1994. Despite continued loyalist violence, rumours of a Provisional IRA ceasefire persisted in the late summer of 1994. Earlier that day Hugh Annesley, the Chief Constable of the RUC, stated that a prolonged Provisional IRA ceasefire would see a reduction in British Army patrols in Northern Ireland. Maginnis responds to Annesley’s comments and any potential ceasefire. The Provisional IRA later announced a cessation of military operations on 31 August.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 August 1994
Name of First Interviewee: Ken Maginnis
Role at time of Interview: UUP MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Interviewer: Tom Bradby
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1994
Key Individuals: Ken Maginnis, Hugh Annesley
Key Words: UUP, British Army, IRA, ceasefire, RUC, demilitarisation