Audio interview with Dolores Kelly (SDLP MLA for Upper Bann), Daithi McKay (Sinn Fein MLA for North Antrim) and Colin Worton (brother of Kenneth Worton, a victim of the Kingsmills killings) by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 3 June 2013. In 1984 Ann Travers’ sister Mary was shot dead by the I.R.A. In 2010 Mary McArdle, who had been jailed for her role in the killing, was appointed to the role of Ministerial Special Adviser to the Sinn Fein Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin. Ann Travers has since been lobbying for a bill disallowing ex-prisoners guilty of serious paramilitary offences from taking positions as Special Advisers at Stormont. The proposed bill, which was later passed in the Stormont Assembly on 3 June, also prompted discussion on the issue of a perceived hierarchy of victims from the Troubles. The Nolan Show is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 June 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Dolores Kelly
Name of Second Interviewee: Daithi McKay
Name of Third Interviewee: Colin Worton
Role at time of Interview: Dolores Kelly (SDLP MLA for Upper Bann), Daithi McKay (Sinn Fein MLA for North Antrim), Colin Worton (brother of Kenneth Worton, a victim of the Kingsmills killings)
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: 2013
Key Individuals: Dolores Kelly, Daithi McKay, Colin Worton, Alasdair McDonnell, Ann Travers, Mary McArdle, Caral Ni Chuilin, Jim Allister, Paul Kavanagh
Key Words: Special Adviser, Sinn Fein, IRA, paramilitary, prisoner, SDLP, Kingsmills