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Interview with Eamonn Mallie and Danny Morrison by Pat Kenny for RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny on 22 June 2012

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Audio interview with Eamonn Mallie, Northern Ireland political commentator, and Danny Morrison, former director of publicity for Sinn Féin, by Myles Dungan for the RTE Radio 1 show Today with Pat Kenny. The interview was broadcast on 22 June 2012. Mallie and Morrison discuss the possibility of Martin McGuinness shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II in Belfast later that month and the potential significance of this event for the peace process. The interview was prompted by the announcement that the Sinn Féin Ard Comhairle would decide on the issue of a handshake with the Queen later that day. This interview is item one on Today with Pat Kenny, RTE Radio 1’s daily current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 22 June 2012

Name of First Interviewee: Eamonn Mallie

Name of Second Interviewee: Danny Morrison

Role at time of Interview: Eamonn Mallie (Northern Ireland political commentator), Danny Morrison (Writer)

Interviewer: Myles Dungan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © RTÉ 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny

Time Period covered: 1918-2012

Key Individuals: Eamonn Mallie, Danny Morrison, Martin McGuinness, Queen Elizabeth II, Michael D. Higgins, Gerry Adams, Peter Robinson

Key Words: Sinn Féin, republican, unionist, East-West relations, Belfast, reconciliation, abstentionism, grassroots

 

 

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