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Interview with Alasdair McDonnell by Mark Carruthers for BBC Northern Ireland Sunday Politics Northern Ireland on 2 June 2013

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Video interview with Alasdair McDonnell, leader of the SDLP, by Mark Carruthers for Sunday Politics Northern Ireland on 2 June 2013. On the following day a bill proposing the disallowal of ex-prisoners guilty of serious paramilitary offences from taking positions as Special Advisers at Stormont was passed. The SDLP initially indicated that they might block the bill but later decided to allow it come before the Northern Ireland Assembly while abstaining from voting on the issue. In this interview McDonnell discusses his party’s position on the SPAD bill and victims of the Troubles. Sunday Politics is a weekly political and current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 June 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Alasdair McDonnell

Role at time of Interview: Leader of the SDLP

Interviewer: Mark Carruthers

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland Sunday Politics Northern Ireland

Time Period covered: 2013

Key Individuals: Alasdair McDonnell, Seamus Mallon, Bríd Rodgers, Ann Travers, Michael Gallagher, Paul Kavanagh

Key Words: SDLP, Special Adviser, SPAD bill, hierarchy of victims

 

 

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