UUP and SDLP reaction to Anglo-Irish agreement

Title

UUP and SDLP reaction to Anglo-Irish agreement

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:11:10

Description

Douglas Cameron and Peter Deeley interview Harold McCusker, UUP MP (against), and Seamus Mallon, SDLP Irish politician (for), on the Anglo-Irish agreement on the future of Northern Ireland agreed between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish premier Dr Garret FitzGerald and unionist MPs resigning to force a vote on the issue after the Commons approved the agreement.

Contributors

Harold McCusker; Douglas Cameron; Peter Deeley; Seamus Mallon

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Peace treaties; Members of Parliament; International politics; Peacebuilding; Independence; Sovereignty; Unionism (Irish politics); International cooperation; International instruments; Resignation (political); Governance; Political power

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