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Interview with Tommy McKearney by Richard McCullen for LMFM The Michael Reade Show on 9 August 2011

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Audio interview with Tommy McKearney, writer and former member of the Provisional IRA, by Richard McCullen on 9 August 2011 for The Michael Reade show on LMFM. McKearney is interviewed in anticipation of his new book The Provisional IRA: from insurrection to parliament. He discusses the shift in emphasis within republicanism in Northern Ireland from violence to participation in the political system. The Michael Reade Show is a daily current affairs programme on LMFM, a Drogheda based radio station.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 August 2011

Name of First Interviewee: Tommy McKearney

Role at time of Interview: Writer

Interviewer: Richard McCullen

Purpose: News, Research, Political

Media: Audio

Copyright: © COPYRIGHT 2012 LMFM

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: LMFM The Michael Reade Show

Time Period covered: 1956-1986

Key Individuals: Tommy McKearney, Edward Heath, Gerry Adams

Key Words: Internment without trial, Provisional IRA, hunger strike, League of Communist Republicans, British policy, political reform, Stormont, violence, political leadership, Sinn Féin, left wing, partition

 

 

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