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Interview with Peter Osborne, Mike Nesbitt and Brian Rowan by Lisa McAllister for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 30 August 2012

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Audio interviews with Peter Osborne (chairman of the Parades Commission), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP) and Brian Rowan (security correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph), by Lisa McAllister on 30 August 2012 for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show. During a Royal Black Institution parade in August 2012 loyalist bands played music outside a Catholic church in Belfast in defiance of a ruling by the Parades Commission. The interviewees discuss the incident and explore the wider issue of political parades in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 30 August 2012

Name of First Interviewee: Peter Osborne

Name of Second Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt

Name of Third Interviewee: Brian Rowan

Role at time of Interview: Peter Osborne (chairman of the Parades Commission), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP) and Brian Rowan (security correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph)

Interviewer: Lisa McAllister

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2012

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 2012

Key Individuals: Peter Osborne, Terry Spence, Mike Nesbitt, Brian Rowan

Key Words: Parade, Parades Commission, loyalist, Stormont, religion, unionist, republican, community relations, Ulster Covenant, decade of commemoration, PSNI, PPS, UUP, power-sharing

 

 

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