Audio interviews with residents in a loyalist area of Belfast by Henry McKean for Newstalk’s Moncrieff on 9 April 2013. On 8 April 2013 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher died. The interviewees offer their views on Margaret Thatcher with particular reference to the issue of hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. Moncrieff is Newstalk’s mid-afternoon magazine programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 April 2013
Role at time of Interview: Residents in loyalist area of Belfast
Interviewer: Henry McKean
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © 2013 Newstalk
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: Newstalk’s Moncrieff
Time Period covered: 1981-2013
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Bobby Sands
Key Words: British government, hunger strike, IRA, Maze, prison, Anglo-Irish Agreement