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Interview with Tommie Gorman and Gerry Adams by Sean O’Rourke for RTE Radio 1 Today with Sean O’Rourke on 22 November 2013

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Audio interview with Tommie Gorman, RTE Northern editor, and Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, by Sean O’Rourke for RTE Radio 1 Today with Sean O’Rourke on 22 November 2013. Earlier that day Fr. Alec Reid, the Belfast-based priest who had facilitated the Hume-Adams talks and acted as a witness to IRA decommissioning, died aged eighty-two. Gorman and Adams reflect on Reid’s contribution to the peace process. Today with Seán O’Rourke is a daily current affairs programme on RTE Radio 1.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 22 November 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Tommie Gorman

Name of Second Interviewee: Gerry Adams

Role at time of Interview: Fr. Alec Reid (RTE Northern editor), Gerry Adams (President of Sinn Fein)

Interviewer: Sean O’Rourke

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: © RTÉ 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Sean O’Rourke

Time Period covered: 2013

Key Individuals: Tommie Gorman, Gerry Adams, Fr. Alec Reid, Rev. Harold Good

Key Words: Religion, Catholic Church, Hume-Adams talks, decommissioning, British Army, Maze prison, Long Kesh prison

 

 

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