Audio interview with Tom Buchanan, DUP MLA for West Tyrone, and Pat Doherty, Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone, by Myles Dungan for RTE Today with Myles Dungan on 9 August 2013. Two days later a controversial Sinn Féin march passed off peacefully in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. It had been organised in commemoration of two members of the IRA who were killed in Castlederg in 1973 when the bombs they were transporting exploded. A unionist counter-demonstration during the march also passed off peacefully. Buchanan and Doherty discuss the issues of commemoration and victims in Northern Ireland. The Myles Dungan Show was a daily current affairs programme on RTE Radio 1.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 August 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Tom Buchanan
Name of Second Interviewee: Pat Doherty
Role at time of Interview: Tom Buchanan (DUP MLA for West Tyrone), Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone)
Interviewer: Myles Dungan
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright:
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Myles Dungan
Time Period covered: 1973-2013
Key Individuals: Tom Buchanan, Pat Doherty
Key Words: Castlederg, DUP, Sinn Féin, IRA, victim, Parades Commission, commemoration