UK: TALKS BETWEEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND ORANGE LEADERS FAIL TO END DRUMCREE STANDOFF.

Record ID: 989156

  • Title: UK: TALKS BETWEEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND ORANGE LEADERS FAIL TO END DRUMCREE STANDOFF.
  • Date: 9th July 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 9, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: ORANGE ORDER REPRSENTATIVES COMING OUT OF 10, DOWNING STREET 0.11 2. MV: ORANGE ORDER REPRESENTATIVE SAYING: WE HAVE HAD A FULL AND FRANK DISCUSSION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND WE WILL BE REPORTING BACK ON THE CONTENTS OF THAT WITH THE BRETHREN OF PORTADOWN DISTRICT IN DUE COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH (ENGLISH)/ CUTAWAY OF PRESS (2 SHOTS) 0.24 3. GV: ORANGE ORDER REPRESENTATIVES NEWS CONFERENCE 0.30 4. MCU: REVEREND WILLIAM BINGHAM (IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION IF UNIONISTS PLANNED TO PARALYSE NORTHERN IRELAND) SAYING: TO PARALYSE NORTHERN IRELAND? I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY ATTEMPTS OR ANY PLANS WHATSOEVER TO PARALYSE NORTHERN IRELAND. WE HAVE NEVER SAID WE ARE GOING TO PARALYSE NORTHERN IRELAND. (ENGLISH) 0.42 PORTADOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND (JULY 9, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 5. GV: EXTERIOR OF ORANGE LODGE HALL 0.47 6. MCU: FLAGS - UNION JACKS AND UNIONIST FLAGS ON BUILDING 0.50 7. MV: VARIOUS ORANGEMEN ARRIVING (2 SHOTS) 1.10 8. CU: ROBERT SAULTER, GRAND MASTER OF PORTADOWN ORANGE LODGE SAYING: WHAT WE FACE IN GARVAGHY ROAD IS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING MANIPULATED, AS A TACTIC OF THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT. SINN FEIN AND IRA WHICH HAS ENGAGED IN ETHNIC CLEANSING IS NOW ENGAGED IN ATTACKING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE UNIONIST COMMUNITY. IT HAS CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THERE IS NOT EVEN TEN MINUTES OF TOLERATION ONCE A YEAR FOR A TRADITIONAL PARADE ALONG A MAIN ATERIAL ROAD. 1.47 9. SCU: CUTAWAY OF ORANGEMEN 1.53 10. CU: SAULTER SAYS THESE PROTESTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL CIVIL RIGHTS ARE RESTORED TO THE WHOLE OF NORTHERN IRELAND. THE GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF IRELAND REMAINS UNITED TO STOP ANY FURTHER EROSION OF OUR HERITAGE. (ENGLISH) 2.07 DRUMCREE, NORTHERN IRELAND, UK 11. LV: WIDESHOT OF DRUMCREE PARISH CHURCH 2.10 12. GV: UNION JACK AND UNIONIST FLAG 2.12 13. GV/MV: ARMY EARTH MOVERS DIGGING TRENCH WATCHED BY ORANGEMEN ON OTHER SIDE/ SOLDIERS CARRYING BALE OF BARBED WIRE (3 SHOTS) 2.26 14. MV/GV: EARTH MOVER DIGGING TRENCH/ WIDE OF TRENCH (2 SHOTS) 2.36 15. CU/TILT: SOLDIER CONSTRUCTING WIRE BARRICADE 2.45 16. SV: ORANGEMEN LOOKING ON 2.49 17. MV: MORE SOLDIERS 2.52 18. GV: EARTHMOVER LIFTING TREE 2.56 19. GV: GARVAGHY ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE 3.00 20. GV/CU: BAGS OF FOOD PASSED ALONG FOOD LINE INTO HALL (3 SHOTS) 3.10 21. GV: SINN FEIN'S MARTIN McGUINNESS AND DARA O'HAGAN AND BRENDAN MCKENNA 3.19 22. MCU: CUTAWAY CROWD WATCHING 3.23 23. MCU: McGUINNESS SAYING:"THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOUSES IN MY OPINION ALMOST TO A MAN VOTED IN THE REFERENDUM FOR CHANGE, FOR PEACE, FOR JUSTICE, FOR DIALOGUE, AND FOR NEGOTIATIONS. IN MY OPINION THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOUSES ARE THE FRONTLINE FORCES FOR DEMOCRACY ON THIS ISLAND AT THIS TIME. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE HILLSIDE BESIEGING THIS AREA IN ALL LIKELIHOOD VOTED NO IN THE REFERENDUM. IN MY OPINION THEY ARE THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC FORCES. IN MY OPINION THEY REPRESENT A MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT CHANGE ON THIS ISLAND. (ENGLISH) 4.05 24. GV: WIDESHOT OF McGUINNESS AND JOURNALISTS 4.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PORTADOWN AND DRUMCREE, NORTHERN IRELAND AND LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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