Audio interview with Brian Rowan, security journalist, by Pat Kenny for RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny on 15 July 2013. Six day previously the Parades Commission ruled that an Orange Order parade could not pass through the Ardoyne area of Belfast on its return journey on 12 July, a decision which led to clashes between protesters and the PSNI in north and east Belfast for several days. Rowan discusses the escalation of violence. Today with Pat Kenny is RTE Radio 1’s daily current affairs programme
Date of Release/Broadcast: 15 July 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Brian Rowan
Role at time of Interview: Security journalist
Interviewer: Brian Rowan
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Brian Rowan, Richard Haass, Matt Baggott, George Mitchell, John de Chastelain, Chris Patten, Cyril Ramaphosa, Marti Ahtisaari
Key Words: Orange Order, Parades Commission, parade, flag, PSNI, policing, commemoration, Drumcree, culture