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Interview with Winston Irvine and Alban Maginness by Wendy Austin for BBC Radio Ulster Talkback on 26 September 2012

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Audio interview with Winston Irvine, member of the North and West Belfast Parades Forum, and Alban Maginness, SDLP MLA for Belfast North, by Wendy Austin for BBC Radio Ulster Talkback on 26 September 2012. Later that day the Parades Commission determined that a large public parade to mark the centenary of the Ulster Covenant could take place in Belfast three days later with musical and attendee restrictions coming into effect outside St. Patrick’s Church in north Belfast. The city had seen heightened tension between communities over the parading issue earlier that summer and during September itself. Irvine and Maginness discusses the significance of the Covenant parade to the unionist community. Talkback is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily afternoon phone-in programme.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 26 September 2012

Name of First Interviewee: Winston Irvine

Name of Second Interviewee: Alban Maginness

Role at time of Interview: Winston Irvine (member of the North and West Belfast Parades Forum), Alban Maginness (SDLP MLA for Belfast North)

Interviewer: Wendy Austin

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster Talkback

Time Period covered: 2012

Key Individuals: Winston Irvine, Alban Maginness, Fr. Michael Sheehan

Key Words: North and West Belfast Parades Forum, SDLP

 

 

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