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Interview with Gerry Adams by Michael Reade for LMFM The Michael Reade Show on 8 June 2011

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Audio interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Féin, by Michael Reade on 8 June 2011 for The Michael Reade Show on LMFM. Adams is interviewed one day after the commencement of public hearings in the Smithwick Tribunal in Dublin. He discusses the involvement of republicans in the tribunal’s proceedings and suggests the establishment of a truth commission as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Adams’ 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 June 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, Pat Finucane, Harry Brennan, Robert Buchanan, David Cameron, Bertie Ahern

Key Words: Smithwick Tribunal, Provisional IRA, collusion, An Garda Síochána, British government, Irish government, Sinn Féin, RUC, testimony, Irish unity, IRA Army Council, Dublin-Monaghan bombing, Dundalk bombing, truth commission, paramilitary

 

 

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