Transcript of an interview with Seamus Mallon, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, by David Frost for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 1 July 2001. On that date David Trimble resigned as First Minister of Northern Ireland on account of insufficient progress made on the decommissioning issue. Amid heightened community tensions surrounding Drumcree and parading, Mallon sets out the importance of reaching agreement on decommissioning. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 01 July 2001
Name of First Interviewee: Seamus Mallon
Role at time of Interview: Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and deputy leader of the SDLP
Interviewer: David Frost
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost
Time Period covered: 1998 - 2001
Key Individuals: Seamus Mallon, Reg Empey, David Trimble
Key Words: Trimble resignation, UUP, SDLP, decommissioning, Drumcree, IRA, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Irish Constitution, normalisation