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Interview with Gerry Adams by Michael Reade for LMFM The Michael Reade Show on 18 May 2011

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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

 

 

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