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Interview with Alex Attwood and William Humphrey by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 8 October 2013

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Audio interview with Alex Attwood, SDLP MLA for Belfast West, and William Humphrey, DUP MLA for Belfast North, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 8 October 2013. Ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the Shankill bombing, a public commemorative event took place for the IRA bomber Thomas Begley causing offence within the unionist community. Attwood and Humphrey discuss the appropriateness of the commemoration and the wider issue of victims. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 October 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Alex Attwood

Name of Second Interviewee: William Humphrey

Role at time of Interview: Alex Attwood (SDLP MLA for Belfast West), William Humphrey (DUP MLA for Belfast North)

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 2013

Key Individuals: Thomas Begley, Alex Attwood, William Humphrey, Raymond McCreesh, Marian Price, Gerry McGeough, William Mawhinney

Key Words: Shankill bombing, IRA, commemoration, SDLP, Sinn Fein, hierarchy of victims, DUP, Orange Order, parade, flag, prison

 

 

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