Ian Paisley on Dublin summit and hunger strikes

Title

Ian Paisley on Dublin summit and hunger strikes

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Dec 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Interview with Democratic Unionist leader Reverend Ian Paisley, after the announcement by Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins about the end of the republican hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Belfast and publishing of a document responding to the prisoners’ demands and his statement to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over Anglo-Irish talks. Male interviwer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).

Contributors

Ian Paisley; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Internal politics; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; International relations; Humphrey Atkins; Prime ministers; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Hunger; Unionism (Irish politics); Government policy; Prisoners; Summits (meetings); Cabinet ministers; Belfast; Bilateral relations

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