At a press conference, Captain Terence O'Neill is asked if he now regrets having met with the Taoiseach Seán Lemass in 1965.

O'Neill states "I'm perfectly sure it was absolutely the correct thing to do". O'Neill states that while there are impediments to such a meeting, it was a necessary and he feels that it has gone some way to the recognition of the Northern Ireland government.

RTÉ News reports from a press conference by Captain O'Neill who talks about the implications of his visit to Dublin broadcast on 21 February 1969.

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