Audio interview with Paul Murphy, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Louise Hidalgo in 2012 for the BBC World Service Witness radio programme. Murphy offers revealing insights into the final stages of negotiations for the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. Witness is a daily radio broadcast on the BBC World Service which examines pivotal historical events through interviews with key participants, an examination of archive material and discussion with leading historians.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 April 2012
Name of First Interviewee: Paul Murphy
Role at time of Interview: Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Louise Hidalgo
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC World Service Witness
Time Period covered: 1997-1998
Key Individuals: Paul Murphy, Tony Blair, George Mitchell, Bill Clinton, Bertie Ahern, Mo Mowlam
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Stormont, nationalist, unionist, British government, Irish government, North-South relations, East-West relations