Video interviews with Peter Mandelson (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland), Martin McGuinness (designate Northern Ireland Minister of Education) and David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland), for ITN on 11 February 2000. On that date Peter Mandelson suspended devolved government and returned direct rule to Northern Ireland over the continued impasse on IRA decommissioning and the potential resignation of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. Mandelson, McGuinness and Trimble discuss the significance of that day’s events.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 February 2000
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Mandelson
Name of Second Interviewee: Martin McGuinness
Name of Third Interviewee: David Trimble
Role at time of Interview: Peter Mandelson (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland), Martin McGuinness (designate Northern Ireland Minister of Education), David Trimble (designate First Minister of Northern Ireland)
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 2000
Key Individuals: Peter Mandelson, Martin McGuinness, David Trimble
Key Words: Sinn Fein, UUP, power-sharing, decommissioning, IRA, Trimble resignation, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IICD