Audio interview with Eamonn Mallie, political commentator, and Sam McBride, political editor of the Belfast Newsletter, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 20 August 2013. On 18 April planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site into a peace building and conflict resolution centre and was supported by both the DUP and Sinn Fein. Other members of the unionist community, however, protested against the decision. On 14 August Peter Robinson withdrew the DUP’s support for the conflict resolution centre at the former Maze/Long Kesh site. In this interview Mallie and McBride discuss Robinson’s change in policy. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 20 August 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Eamonn Mallie
Name of Second Interviewee: Sam McBride
Role at time of Interview: Eamonn Mallie (political commentator), Sam McBride (political editor of the Belfast Newsletter)
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: 2013
Key Individuals: Eamonn Mallie, Sam McBride, Peter Robinson, Mike Nesbitt, Jim Allister
Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, Maze prison, IRA, commemoration, community relations, economy, power-sharing