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