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Interview with Des Dalton by Michael Reade for LMFM The Michael Reade Show on 8 April 2011

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Audio interview with Des Dalton, president of Republican Sinn Féin, by Michael Reade on 8 April 2011 for The Michael Reade Show on LMFM. Dalton is interviewed ahead of the proposed state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland one month later. He explains the opposition of dissident republicans to both the Queen’s visit and the power-sharing system at Stormont. The interview is item three on the show’s running order. The Michael Reade Show is a daily current affairs programme on LMFM, a Drogheda based radio station.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 April 2011

Name of First Interviewee: Des Dalton

Role at time of Interview: President of Republican Sinn Féin

Interviewer: Michael Reade

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © COPYRIGHT 2012 LMFM

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: LMFM The Michael Reade Show

Time Period covered: 1916-2011

Key Individuals: Des Dalton, Queen Elizabeth II, Ronan Kerr

Key Words: Queen Elizabeth II visit, Irish government, Stormont, British government, partition, political reform, nationalism

 

 

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