Video interviews with residents of Lurgan, and Brian Mawhinney, former Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, by Eric MacInness for ITN on 5 March 1992. Earlier that day, the IRA detonated bombs in Lurgan, Co. Armagh and Belfast. These events occurred as the Brooke-Mayhew talks were continuing to develop in early 1992. The residents of Lurgan comment on the bombing’s impact on local employment while Mawhinney discusses the effectiveness of the security policy in Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 5 March 1992
Name of First Interviewee: Brian Mawhinney
Role at time of Interview: Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office
Interviewer: Eric MacInnes
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1991-1992
Key Individuals: Brian Mawhinney
Key Words: Brooke-Mayhew talks, Lurgan, IRA, unemployment, Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, security