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