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

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician Dermot Nesbitt service as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 1998 to 2007.

Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble signs the register of members during the first sitting of the newly-elected Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont July 1. With him are party colleagues Dermot Nesbitt , Reg Empey and John Taylor. REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo

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