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