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Interview with Mike Nesbitt and Jonathan Bell by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 3 July 2013

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Audio interview with Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, and Jonathan Bell, DUP MLA for Strangford, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster the Nolan Show on 3 July 2013. On 18 April planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site into a peace building and conflict resolution centre. In July Mike Nesbitt and Peter Robinson exchanged open letters on the wisdom of locating the centre at the site of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison. In this interview Nesbitt and Bell discuss the viewpoints of their respective parties. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 July 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt

Name of Second Interviewee: Jonathan Bell

Role at time of Interview: Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP), Jonathan Bell (DUP MLA for Strangford)

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: 2013

Key Individuals: Mike Nesbitt, Jonathan Bell, Peter Robinson, David Trimble, Jeffrey Donaldson, Martin McGuinness

Key Words: UUP, DUP, Maze prison, commemoration, education, Sinn Fein, St. Andrew’s Agreement, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, tourism, employment, IRA

 

 

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