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Interview with Martin McGuinness by Charlie Rose for PBS Charlie Rose on 7 September 1995

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Video interview with Martin McGuinness, vice president of Sinn Fein, by Charlie Rose for PBS Charlie Rose on 7 September 1995. The Provisional IRA and Combined Loyalist Military Command announced military ceasefires on 31 August 1994 and 13 October 1994 respectively. In this interview McGuinness discusses the stability of these ceasefires and the potential for progress in the Peace Process. Five months later, on 9 February 1996, the Provisional IRA ended their ceasefire detonating a bomb in the London docklands which killed 2 and injured 40. Charlie Rose is an American interview-style programme on PBS. This is the second part of a two part interview.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 September 1995

Name of First Interviewee: Martin McGuinness

Role at time of Interview: Vice president of Sinn Féin

Interviewer: Charlie Rose

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: Copyright© 1995 – 2013 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: PBS Charlie Rose

Time Period covered: 1994-1995

Key Individuals: Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, Patrick Mayhew, Michael Ancram

Key Words: Sinn Féin, IRA, ceasefire, British government, border, prison, British army, RUC, Bloody Sunday, decommissioning

 

 

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