Video interviews with attendees at the ‘Not in my Name’ demonstration by Caitriona Connolly for WIMPS on 10 April 2011. On 2 April, PSNI constable Ronan Kerr was killed by a car bomb planted outside his home by a dissident republican group. This action prompted condemnation from across Northern Ireland politics and society, several public demonstrations being held in a campaign entitled ‘Not in my Name’. In these interviews attendees at the Belfast demonstration discuss the stability of the Peace Process. WIMPS, Where is my Public Servant?, is a project run by young people which seeks to hold political leaders and policy makers to account through direct media engagement.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 11 April 2011
Interviewer: Caitriona Connolly
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright:
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: WIMPS
Time Period covered: 2011
Key Individuals: Ronan Kerr, Conall McDevitt, Dawn Purvis, Naomi Long, Erin Jones
Key Words: Dissident, paramilitary, youth, Not in my Name