Transcript of an interview with Terence O’Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, for the Irish Times in May 1965. In January of that year O’Neill met Irish Taoiseach Sean Lemass in Belfast to discuss economic cooperation and then travelled to Dublin to repeat the meeting again one month later. In this interview O’Neill discusses the significance of the talks and the future of North-South relations. The Irish Times is the leading daily newspaper in Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 31 May 1965
Name of First Interviewee: Terence O’Neill
Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © 2013 THE IRISH TIMES
Link: Read the transcript
Time Period covered: 1925-1965
Key Individuals: Terence O’Neill, Sean Lemass, James Craig
Key Words: Economy, unemployment, religion, North-South relations, partition