Video interview with Sandra Peacock (widow of victim of loyalist violence), Margaret Cameron (widow of victim of loyalist violence), and Harvey Thomas (survivor of the Brighton bomb), by Robert Moore for ITN on 16 April 1998. As part of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement a commitment to the early release of republican and loyalist prisoners was given by the British and Irish governments provided their paramilitary organisations maintained a ceasefire. Six days ahead of the referendum on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland Peacock, Cameron and Thomas discuss the emotional, moral and political difficulties of this aspect of the accord.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 1998
Name of First Interviewee: Sandra Peacock
Name of Second Interviewee: Margaret Cameron
Name of Third Interviewee: Harvey Thomas
Role at time of Interview: Sandra Peacock (widow of victim of loyalist violence), Margaret Cameron (widow of victim of loyalist violence), Harvey Thomas (former Press and Public Relations Officer for Margaret Thatcher)
Interviewer: Robert Moore
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Link: Watch the video
Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1984-1998
Key Individuals: Sandra Peacock, Margaret Cameron, Harvey Thomas, Jimmy Peacock, James Cameron, Michael Stone, Patrick Magee
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, loyalist paramilitary, prisoner, emigration, victim, Maze prison, Long Kesh prison, Middle East