Thatcher on Northern Ireland

Title

Thatcher on Northern Ireland

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

3 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Report on the speech (with excerpts) by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the future of Northern Ireland to a Stormont dinner, after her meeting with Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, Charles Haughey. DUP MP Ian Paisley reacts in an interview with Eamonn Mallie?. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Ian Paisley; Eamonn Mallie?

Keywords

Internal politics; Strikes; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; UK; Terrorists; International relations; Peacebuilding; Maze Prison; Hunger; Northern Ireland Assembly; Unionism (Irish politics); International cooperation; Stormont; Political doctrines

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