Interview with Reg Empey by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords on 10 April 2008
Video interview with Reg Empey, leader of the UUP, by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance 'Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords' on 10 April 2008. In a symposium on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement attended by fourteen of its original negotiators, Empey is interviewed on the subject of negotiating the agreement. The US-Ireland Alliance is a non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1998, which strengthens relations between the United States and the island of Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Reg Empey
Role at time of Interview: Leader of the UUP and UUP MLA for Belfast East
Interviewer: Noel Thompson
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © US-Ireland Alliance
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords
Time Period covered: 1998-2008
Key Individuals: Reg Empey, John Taylor, Liz O'Donnell, Paul Murphy, Garret Fitzgerald, Bill Clinton
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, UUP, British government, Irish government