Second half of a conversation recorded on the afternoon of Saturday 21st October 2023.

03:10 Sunningdale

04:48 Sinn Fein and the IRA's opposition to Sunningdale

05:47 The Loyalist strikes

10:06 Paisley's Third Force

12:30 Getting used to the Troubles

17:10 Getting protection

19:31 Good Friday Agreement: Hume's "solo runs"

21:32 Bríd's annoyance at the Hume/Adams talks

22:13 The relationship between John Hume and Seamus Mallon

28:26 Bríd's role in the Good Friday Agreement

35:40 Blair and Clinton's intervention with David Trimble

37:02 The certainty of peace

40:00 Trimble the heroic leader

43:58 Sinn Fein wearing SDLP's clothes

44:17 What more could Bríd have done to make SDLP more relevant today?

45:47 Voting for Sinn Fein to keep them at the table

50:47 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

58:17 Viewing the current political situation

1:01:07 Where does Bríd see NorthernIreland in 30 - 40 years time?

1:03:27 Doug Beattie and the UUP

1:04:46 Bríd's legacy

1:06:34 Bríd's tribute to all of the people who worked with the SDLP and stood by them over the years

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