Gerry Adams at a St Patricks Day celebration at the White House

Title

Gerry Adams at a St Patricks Day celebration at the White House

Genre

News report

TX Date

18 Mar 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:16

Description

Simon Marks reports from Washington on the presence of Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams at the St Patrick’s Day celebration hosted by President Bill Clinton at the White House. Includes Clinton speech from earlier in the day calling on those resorting to violence in Northern Ireland to surrender their weapons; Irish Prime Minister John Bruton making a similar call; press conference with Adams on wanting talks to happen before IRA will decommission.

Contributors

Gerry Adams; Bill Clinton; Simon Marks; John Bruton

Keywords

USA; Northern Ireland; Violence; IRA; International relations; Weapons; Peacebuilding

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