Audio interview with Arlene Foster, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, and John O’Dowd, Northern Ireland Minister of Education, by Joel Taggart for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 2 September 2013. During that summer tensions grew between nationalist and unionist communities on the issues of the Maze/Long Kesh peace centre, parades and commemoration of the past. In this interview Foster and O’Dowd discuss the workability of power-sharing in the Northern Ireland Executive following these events. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2 September 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Arlene Foster
Name of Second Interviewee: John O’Dowd
Role at time of Interview: Arlene Foster (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment), John O’Dowd (Northern Ireland Minister of Education)
Interviewer: Joel Taggart
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
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Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Arlene Foster, John O’Dowd, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Richard Haass
Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, power-sharing, Maze prison, parade