Audio interview with Denis Bradley, former vice-chairman of the police board for the PSNI, and Susan McKay, journalist and writer from Northern Ireland, by Diarmaid Ferriter on 8 October 2006 for the RTE Radio 1 programme What If. Bradley and McKay discuss the events of Bloody Sunday (1972) and its effects on peace and conflict in Northern Ireland. The interview was part of the What If radio series which examined historical events and processes from a counter factual standpoint.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 October 2006
Name of First Interviewee: Denis Bradley
Name of Second Interviewee: Susan McKay
Role at time of Interview: Denis Bradley (former vice-chairman of the police board for the PSNI), Susan McKay (journalist and writer from Northern Ireland)
Interviewer: Diarmaid Ferriter
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 What If
Time Period covered: 1972-2006
Key Individuals: Denis Bradley, Susan McKay, Frank Lagan, Brian Faulkner, John Hume, Edward Heath
Key Words: Bloody Sunday, violence, Civil Rights movement, Derry, Londonderry, Provisional IRA, Widgery Tribunal, PR, Saville Inquiry, RUC, nationalism, republicanism, British Army