Terence O’Neill Speech to Unionist Conference

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Terence O’Neill Speech to Unionist Conference

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Location

Belfast

Year

1964

Date

Production 06/03/1964

Length

20min 29sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O’Neill’s speech to the Ulster Unionist annual meeting in 1964. He had just been elected as President of the Council in addition to being leader of the party. He mentions towards the beginning that he has just come straight from the airport where he had greeted the British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and where he had left him inspecting the new large air freighter built by Short Harland called the Belfast. During the speech he talks about the economic prospects for Northern Ireland and also pledges to ensure a cabinet meeting much more often. In what appears to be something of a swipe at the way things had been done before when the cabinet met just once a week, he gives his word that those days are gone and that those in office will have to commit to working harder.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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