Transcript of an interview with Jackie Patton (Community Relations Officer, Ballymena Borough Council), Delia Close (Vice-Chair, Ballymena District Policing Partnership), Ronnie Hassard (Principal Ballymena Academy), Kate Magee (Principal, St. Patrick’s College Ballymena) and Fr. Paul Symonds (Ballymena) by attendees at the Meath Peace Group talk ‘Towards a Shared Future: Ballymena’ on 21 May 2007. Thirteen days earlier power was devolved to a Northern Ireland Executive now led by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness as First Minister and deputy First Minister resepectively. The interviewees discuss similar progress made in community relations in Ballymena in previous years. Meath Peace Group is a voluntary organisation created to foster peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland through public talks, community engagement and youth education.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 May 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Jackie Patton, Delia Close
Name of Second Interviewee: Ronnie Hassard, Kate Magee
Name of Third Interviewee: Fr. Paul Symonds
Role at time of Interview: Jackie Patton (Community Relations Officer, Ballymena Borough Council), Delia Close (Vice-Chair, Ballymena District Policing Partnership), Ronnie Hassard (Principal Ballymena Academy), Kate Magee (Principal, St. Patrick’s College Ballymena) and Fr. Paul Sy
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Meath Peace Group
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Meath Peace Group ‘Towards a Shared Future: Ballymena’
Time Period covered: 2007
Key Individuals: Jackie Patton, Delia Close, Ronnie Hassard, Kate Magee, Fr. Paul Symonds, Michael McIlveen, Ian Paisley, Bertie Ahern, Patrick Kavanagh, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jeremy Gardiner, Billy McCaughey, David Ervine
Key Words: Ballymena, religion, Patten Report, District Policing Partnership, policing, youth, education, community relations, the Arts, PUP, paramilitary, UDA, UVF, Youthlink