Video interview with Terence O’Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, for RTE News in February 1969. In January of that year Brian Faulkner and William Morgan resigned from Terence O'Neill's administration over the issue of the latter's support for political reform. Twelve members of the Unionist Party also wrote an open letter to O'Neill calling for a change of leadership. In the subsequent February election O’Neill narrowly retained his seat at Stormont. In this press conference O’Neill discusses the outcomes of the election. He resigned as leader of the Unionist Party and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in April 1969.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 25 February 1969
Name of First Interviewee: Terence O’Neill
Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE News
Time Period covered: 1968-1969
Key Individuals: Terence O’Neill, Ian Paisley, John Hume, Eddie McAteer, Neil Blayney, Basil Brooke
Key Words: Civil rights, People’s Democracy, Unionist Party, religion