Video interview with Roddy O'Connor, Chief Whip of the Nationalist Party, by Ronnie Turner for RTE News in February 1969. In that same month Terence O'Neill, leader of an increasingly divided Unionist Party, called a General Election in Northern Ireland. O'Connor is interviewed about the Nationalist Party manifesto for the election and the potential for Irish reunification.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Roddy O'Connor
Role at time of Interview: Chief Whip of the Nationalist Party
Interviewer: Ronnie Turner
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1969
Key Individuals: Roddy O'Connor
Key Words: Nationalist Party, election, partition, civil rights