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Interview with Gerry Adams by Anthony Clare for ITV The Anthony Clare Interview in August 1995
Published:
6 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
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.