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Interview with Theresa Villiers by Pat Kenny for Newstalk The Pat Kenny Show on 23 September 2013

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Audio interview with Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Pat Kenny for Newstalk The Pat Kenny Show on 23 September 2013. Eleven days earlier Villiers announced that there would be no cross-border public enquiry into the Omagh bombing. In this interview she discusses the reasons behind her decision and the potential outcome of the Haass talks then underway. The Pat Kenny Show is Newstalk’s flagship current affairs programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 23 September 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Theresa Villiers

Role at time of Interview: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Pat Kenny

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © 2013 Newstalk

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Newstalk The Pat Kenny Show

Time Period covered: 2013

Key Individuals: Theresa Villiers, Richard Haass, Michael Gallagher, Billy Wright

Key Words: G8, Omagh bomb, border, victim, survivor, economy, Haass talks, parade, flag, intelligence, RUC, MI5, An Garda Siochana, Gibson Report, dissident republican, PSNI

 

 

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