Interview with Gerry Adams by Anthony Clare for ITV The Anthony Clare Interview in August 1995
Video interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, by Anthony Clare for ITV The Anthony Clare Interview in August 1995. On 31 August 1994 the Provisional IRA announced a military ceasefire leading to peace talks in Northern Ireland. In this interview Adams discusses the stability of this ceasefire. Six months later, on 9 February 1996, the Provisional IRA ended their ceasefire detonating a bomb in the London docklands which killed 2 and injured 40. Anthony Clare was an Irish psychiatrist who interviewed well known public figures for current affairs programmes.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 6 August 1995
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview: President of Sinn Féin
Interviewer: Anthony Clare
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © Copyright ITV plc 2013
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: ITV The Anthony Clare Interview
Time Period covered: 1995
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, Ian Paisley, John Hume, John Major, Pádraig Pearse
Key Words: Sinn Féin, religion, RUC, culture, civil rights, IRA, British government, culture, East-West relations, community relations