Audio interview with Arlene Foster, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, and John O’Dowd, Northern Ireland Minister of Education, by Joel Taggart for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 2 September 2013. During that summer tensions grew between nationalist and unionist communities on the issues of the Maze peace centre, parades and commemoration of the past. In this interview Foster and O’Dowd discuss the workability of power-sharing in the Northern Ireland Executive following these events. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 September 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Arlene Foster
Name of Second Interviewee: John O’Dowd
Role at time of Interview: Arlene Foster (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment), John O’Dowd (Northern Ireland Minister of Education)
Interviewer: Joel Taggart
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: Arlene Foster, John O’Dowd, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Richard Haass
Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, Maze prison, parade