Audio interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, by Michael Reade on 18 May 2011 for The Michael Reade Show on LMFM. Adams is interviewed one day after Queen Elizabeth II began her first state visit to Ireland. Adams reflects on the Queen’s visit and assesses its significance in the context of the Troubles and the peace process. Adams’ interview is item one 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: 18 May 2011
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview: President of Sinn Féin and Sinn Féin TD for Louth
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: 1974-2011
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, Queen Elizabeth II, Pat Finucane
Key Words: Queen Elizabeth II visit, 1916 Rising, commemoration, Justice for the Forgotten, Irish unity, language, nationalism, collusion, British government