Audio interview with Ruairí Ó Brádaigh by Tom McGurk for RTE Radio 1 McGurk and Company on 17 April 2010. Ó Brádaigh discusses the development of the republican movement from the early twentieth century and its responses to peace and political compromise during the Troubles. McGurk and Company was a weekly interview-style programme on RTE Radio 1.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 17 April 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
Role at time of Interview: Former chief of staff of the IRA and former president of Sinn Fein
Interviewer: Tom McGurk
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2010
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE McGurk and Company Series One
Time Period covered: 1916-2010
Key Individuals: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Charlie Haughey, Peadar O'Donnell, Brendan Duddy, Garret FitzGerald, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Merlyn Rees, Dáithí Ó Conaill, Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adams, John Hume
Key Words: Irish revolution, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Sinn Fein, IRA, anti-partition campaign, border campaign, victim, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sunningdale Agreement, Fianna Fail, Irish government, Cyprus, Algeria, direct rule, bi-lateral truce, British government, Feakle talks, censorship, media, abstentionism, Eire Nua, St. Andrews Agreement, Irish language, European Union