LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Confusion over US finance for Ireland following IRA ceasefire

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

3 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Paul Woodley reports from New York on confusion over America’s financial commitment to the future of peace in Northern Ireland following the announcement of the IRA ceasefire. Dick Spring, Irish Foreign Minister, emerged from a meeting with President Bill Clinton convinced he’d received an offer of millions of pounds to help the economies of the Republic and Northern Ireland but the White House has denied any such offer. Includes press statements by President Clinton; Dick Spring.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Bill Clinton; Dick Spring

Keywords

USA; Northern Ireland; Ireland; IRA; International relations; Finance; Meetings; Economic aid

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