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Interview with Malachi O’Doherty and Alex Kane by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 8 August 2013

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Audio interview with Malachi O’Doherty, journalist and broadcaster, and Alex Kane, political commentator, by Stephen Nolan for the Nolan Show on 8 August 2013. The beginning of August had seen increased community tensions in Northern Ireland. On 6 August the Lord Mayor of Belfast Máirtín Ó Muilleoir was attacked by unionist demonstrators at a public event while five days later a contentious Sinn Fein took place in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. It had been organised in commemoration of two members of the IRA who were killed in Castlederg in 1973 when the bombs they were transporting exploded. In advance of the latter parade O’Doherty and Kane discuss the issue of political leadership in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 August 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Malachi O’Doherty

Name of Second Interviewee: Alex Kane

Role at time of Interview: Malachi O’Doherty (journalist and broadcaster), Alex Kane (political commentator)

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: 1973-2013

Key Individuals: Malachi O’Doherty, Alex Kane, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Stephen Carroll, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Sammy Wilson

Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, IRA, community relations, commemoration, Parades Commission, dissident republican

 

 

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