Audio interview with Alan Murray, security journalist in Northern Ireland, by Gavin Jennings for RTE Radio 1 show Morning Ireland on 13 November 2012. On 12 November an unexploded bomb was discovered in Belfast. On the same day a coalition of dissident republicans calling themselves the IRA took responsibility for the killing of prison officer David Black earlier that month. Murray discusses these cases and the wider security threat posed by dissident republicans. Morning Ireland is RTE Radio 1’s daily breakfast news programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 November 2012
Name of First Interviewee: Alan Murray
Role at time of Interview: Security journalist
Interviewer: Gavin Jennings
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Morning Ireland
Time Period covered: 2012
Key Individuals: Alan Murray, David Black, Ronan Kerr
Key Words: Dissident, republican, violence, security, prison, IRA, PSNI, MI5