Audio interview with Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Aine Lawlor for RTE Radio 1 show Morning Ireland on 2 November 2012. On 1 November, David Black, a prison officer at HM Prison Maghaberry near Lisburn, was shot dead on the M1 on his way to work. The killing was later claimed by a coalition of dissident republicans calling themselves the IRA, formed in June 2012. Villiers discusses the Black case and the wider security threat posed by dissident republicans on the island of Ireland. Morning Ireland is RTE Radio 1’s daily breakfast news programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 November 2012
Name of First Interviewee: Theresa Villiers
Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Aine Lawlor
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Morning Ireland
Time Period covered: 2012
Key Individuals: Theresa Villiers, David Black, Martin McGuinness
Key Words: Dissident, republican, PSNI, prison, An Garda Síocahána, violence, security, border