Transcript of an interview with Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by John Humphrys for BBC On the Record on 27 March 1994. The early months of 1994 saw continued loyalist and republican paramilitary violence including several attempted IRA mortar attacks on Heathrow Airport. In the view of some commentators these events undermined the framework for peace established under the Downing Street Declaration of 15 December 1993. In this interview Mayhew discusses the basis for future political negotiations in Northern Ireland with particular reference to the IRA. Ten days later the Provisional IRA announced a three day military ceasefire. On the Record was BBC's flagship political programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 27 March 1994
Name of First Interviewee: Patrick Mayhew
Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: John Humphrys
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © BBC On the Record
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: BBC On the Record
Time Period covered: 1985 - 1994
Key Individuals: Patrick Mayhew, John Alderdice, Albert Reynolds, Ian Paisley, James Molyneaux, Michael Ancram, Peter Brooke, John Hume, Tim Parry, James Haggan
Key Words: Downing Street Declaration, Brooke/Mayhew talks, IRA, Anglo-Irish Agreement, East-West relations, Sinn Féin, election, DUP