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Interview with Brian Rowan, Eamonn Mallie, Mike Nesbitt and Alex Attwood by Lisa McAllister for BBC Radio The Ulster Nolan Show on 9 September 2013

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Audio interview with Brian Rowan (security journalist), Eamonn Mallie (political commentator), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP) and Alex Attwood (SDLP MLA for Belfast West) by Lisa McAllister for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 9 September 2013. On that date the Northern Ireland Assembly returned from its summer recess with politicians confronting several contentious issues from the summer period including parading, commemoration and the Maze/Long Kesh peace centre. In this interview Rowan, Mallie, Nesbitt and Attwood discuss the existing political and community tensions and the forthcoming Haass talks. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 September 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Brian Rowan

Name of Second Interviewee: Eamonn Mallie

Name of Third Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt, Alex Attwood

Role at time of Interview: Brian Rowan (security journalist), Eamonn Mallie (political commentator), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the

Interviewer: Lisa McAllister

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: Brian Rowan, Eamonn Mallie, Mike Nesbitt, Alex Attwood, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Richard Haass, Jeffrey Donaldson, Jenny Palmer

Key Words: DUP, Sinn Féin, power-sharing, Maze/Long Kesh prison, PSNI, parade, Parades Commission, flag, commemoration, Haass talks, education, paramilitary, economy, dissident republican, Irish government, 1916 Rising

 

 

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