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Interview with Dolores Kelly by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 4 December 2013

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Audio interview with Dolores Kelly, SDLP policing spokesperson, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 4 December 2013. One day earlier the findings of the Smithwick Tribunal were released to the public, which indicated that unidentified members of An Garda Síochána had colluded with the Provisional IRA in the killing of two RUC officers, Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan, in south Armagh on 20 March 1989. The Irish government issued an apology for the failings identified by the Tribunal. Kelly reacts to the Tribunal's findings and the responses of Sinn Fein and the Irish government. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 4 December 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Dolores Kelly

Role at time of Interview: SDLP policing spokesperson

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 1989-2013

Key Individuals: Dolores Kelly

Key Words: Smithwick Tribunal, Jonesborough ambush, Provisional IRA, collusion, An Garda Síochána, RUC, victim, Irish government, Sinn Fein, truth commission

 

 

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