Audio interview with John Radley, a soldier injured in an IRA attack on Chelsea Barracks, and Jude Whyte, whose mother Margaret Whyte died in a loyalist attack during the Troubles, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 3 June 2013. From 2010 Ann Travers, whose sister was killed by the IRA in 1984, has been lobbying for a bill disallowing ex-prisoners guilty of serious paramilitary offences from taking positions as Special Advisers at Stormont. One such position to come under question was that of Paul Kavanagh, Special Adviser to Martin McGuinness, who was jailed in 1981 for blowing up Chelsea Barracks. The proposed bill, which was later passed in the Stormont Assembly on 3 June, also prompted discussion among the interviewees on the issue of a perceived hierarchy of victims from the Troubles. The Nolan Show is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 June 2013
Name of First Interviewee: John Radley
Name of Second Interviewee: Jude Whyte
Role at time of Interview: John Radley (soldier injured in an IRA attack on Chelsea Barracks), Jude Whyte (son of victim of loyalist attack)
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: 1981-2013
Key Individuals: John Radley, Jude Whyte, Paul Kavanagh, Alasdair McDonnell, Ann Travers, Mary McArdle, Caral Ni Chuilin, Jim Allister
Key Words: Special Adviser, Sinn Fein, IRA, paramilitary, prisoner, SDLP