Press Conference with Margaret Thatcher and Dr Garret FitzGerald after signing the Anglo Irish Agreement at Hillsborough Castle on 15 November 1985
Joint press conference with Margaret Thatcher and Garret FitzGerald on the day of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Both premiers are questioned by journalists on the content of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. They detail that the agreement has three elements – a commitment to the validity of the two traditions in Northern Ireland, the principle whereby a United Ireland can only come about by consent of all the people in Northern Ireland and the establishment of an intergovernmental conference with a permanent secretariat.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 15 November 1985
Name of First Interviewee: Margaret Thatcher
Name of Second Interviewee: Garret FitzGerald
Role at time of Interview: British Prime Minister
Interviewer: various - Press Conference
Copyright: © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2012
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Time Period covered: 1985
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Garret FitzGerald
Key Words: Anglo-Irish Agreement, Hillsborough Agreement, principle of consent, border poll, secretariat, devolution, intergovernmental conference