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Interview with Gerry Kelly and Mike Nesbitt by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 12 August 2013

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Audio interview with Gerry Kelly, Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast North, and Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 12 August 2013. On the night of 10 August violence erupted in central Belfast as a loyalist counter-demonstration sought to prevent a dissident republican rally take place in the city. Fifty-six PSNI officers were injured in the disturbances. These riots occurred only two days before a contentious republican parade took place in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. Despite the presence of a unionist counter-demonstration at this march the event passed off peacefully. In this interview Kelly and Nesbitt discuss the future of commemorative marches in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 August 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Kelly

Name of Second Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt

Role at time of Interview: Gerry Kelly (Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast North), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP)

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: 2012-2013

Key Individuals: Gerry Kelly, Mike Nesbitt, Terry Spence, Richard Haass, Seamus Harvey, Gerard McGlynn

Key Words: PSNI, parade, UVF, Orange Order, DUP, IRA

 

 

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