Audio interview with Eunan O’Halpin (Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin), Dan O’Brien (Irish Times economics editor) and Dearbhail McDonald (Irish Independent legal affairs editor) by Pat Kenny for RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny on 12 April 2013. On 8 April 2013 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher died. The interviewees discuss the political life and legacy of Thatcher with particular reference to the issue of hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. Today with Pat Kenny is RTE Radio 1’s morning current affairs programme. This is the first item on the programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 April 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Eunan O’Halpin
Name of Second Interviewee: Dan O’Brien
Name of Third Interviewee: Dearbhail McDonald
Role at time of Interview: Eunan O’Halpin (Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin), Dan O’Brien (Irish Times economics editor) and Dearbhail McDonald (Irish Independent legal affairs editor)
Interviewer: Pat Kenny
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny
Time Period covered: 1981-2013
Key Individuals: Margaret Thatcher, Gerry Adams, Bobby Sands
Key Words: Hunger strike, IRA, Maze, prison, Sinn Fein, New Ireland Forum, Anglo-Irish Agreement