Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Press conference; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Music

TX Date

21 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:10:44

Description

Decision Makers. The Anglo-Irish Agreement. Part 1, presented by Peter Spencer, following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Includes (pre-recorded) folk music; speeches by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Garret FitzGerald; unidentified members of the Irish Parliament expressing anger over the agreement; interviews with former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees and Conor O’Cleary, London editor of the Irish Times, regarding their views as to the agreement; interviews with MP and leader of the Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labour Party, John Hume and Sinn Fein member Danny Morrison. Also an historical discussion on the division of the island of Ireland. Sound engineer is Colin Clements.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer; Ian Paisley; Garret FitzGerald; Colin Clements; John Hume; Conor O’Cleary; Danny Morrison

Keywords

Peace; Politics; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; International relations; Political parties; Sinn Fein; History; Political conflicts; Unionism (Irish politics); Anglo-Irish Agreement; Nationalism; Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labour Party

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