Clips from this interview feature in As I Remember It: Bertie Ahern & the Good Friday Agreement #GFA25.
Dawn Purvis served as leader of the Progressive Unionist Party from 2007 to 2010.
Ms Purvis resigned from the party in June 2010 due to its links with the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force), after the Independent Monitoring Commission linked the group with the murder of Bobby Moffet.
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She served as an MLA for East Belfast from 2007 to 2011.
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) member Dawn Purvis pictured in the party's east Belfast office - 1997
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