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Interview with William Humphrey and John Scott by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 16 October 2013

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Audio interview with William Humphrey, DUP MLA for Belfast North, and John Scott, UUP Macedon councillor for Newtonabbey Borough Council, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 21 October 2013. Ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the Shankill bombing, a public commemorative event took place for the IRA bomber Thomas Begley causing offence within the unionist community. Humphrey and Scott discuss the appropriateness of the commemoration and the wider issue of victims. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 October 2013

Name of First Interviewee: William Humphrey

Name of Second Interviewee: John Scott

Role at time of Interview: William Humphrey (DUP MLA for Belfast North), John Scott (UUP Macedon Councillor for Newtonabbey Borough Council)

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 1993-2013

Key Individuals: William Humphrey, John Scott, Thomas Begley, Sean Kelly, Gerry Kelly, Wilma McKee, Naomi Long, Brian Robinson, Johnny Adair, Michelle Baird

Key Words: DUP, UUP, Shankill bombing, IRA, commemoration, Sinn Fein, hierarchy of victims, Greysteel massacre, Castlederg, UDA, Second World War, youth

 

 

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