Video interview with Michael McGimpsey, UUP MLA for Belfast South, by Krishnan Guru-Murthy for ITN on 12 February 2000. One day earlier Peter Mandelson suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland over the continued impasse on IRA decommissioning and the potential resignation of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGimpsey discusses future solutions to the devolution-decommissioning issue.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 February 2000
Name of First Interviewee: Michael McGimpsey
Role at time of Interview: UUP MLA for Belfast South
Interviewer: Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 2000
Key Individuals: Michael McGimpsey, Peter Mandelson, Gerry Adams
Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD