Audio interviews with callers to the Nolan Show by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 4 June 2013. From 2010 Ann Travers, whose sister was killed by the IRA in 1984, has been lobbying for a bill disallowing ex-prisoners guilty of serious paramilitary offences from taking positions as Special Advisers at Stormont. One such position to come under question was that of Paul Kavanagh, Special Adviser to Martin McGuinness, who was jailed in 1981 for blowing up Chelsea Barracks. The proposed bill was later passed in the Stormont Assembly on 3 June. The callers discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the bill. The Nolan Show is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 4 June 2013
Interviewer: Stephen Nolan
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: Paul Kavanagh, Alasdair McDonnell, Ann Travers, Mary McArdle, Caral Ni Chuilin, Jim Allister, Seamus Mallon, Martin McGuinness
Key Words: Special Adviser, Sinn Fein, IRA, paramilitary, prisoner, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, DUP