Clips from this interview feature in As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & the Good Friday Agreement #GFA25.

Gary McMichael was the leader of the short-lived Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) during the peace process and is viewed as having played an instrumental role in organising the loyalist ceasefire in 1994.

Ulster Democratic Party leader Gary McMichael, flanked by delegates John White (left) and Davey Adams speaks to the media following talks with the Prime Minister Tony Blair at No10 Downing Street. Photo by Tony Harris/PA/Alamy.

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