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Interview with Arlene Foster and John O’Dowd by Joel Taggart for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 2 September 2013

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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

 

 

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