Audio interview with Alex Attwood (Northern Ireland Minister for Environment), Florence Graham (sister of Troubles victim), Kathryn Stone (Commissioner at Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland) and Alex Bunting (injured victim of the Troubles) by William Crawley for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 19 April 2013. On the previous day planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site into a peace building and conflict resolution centre. The interviewees discusses plans for the new centre with particular reference to the issue of Bobby Sands and the hunger-strikers’ legacy. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 19 April 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Alex Attwood
Name of Second Interviewee: Florence Graham
Name of Third Interviewee: Kathryn Stone, Alex Bunting
Role at time of Interview: Alex Attwood (Northern Ireland Minister for Environment), Florence Graham (sister of Troubles victim)
Interviewer: William Crawley
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show
Time Period covered: 1981-2013
Key Individuals: Alex Attwood, Florence Graham, Kathryn Stone, Alex Bunting, Jeffrey Donaldson, Jim Allister, Francis Hughes
Key Words: Maze prison, Long Kesh prison, hunger-strike, tourism, DUP, Sinn Fein, reconciliation, IRA