Audio interview with Gerard McCabe (Sinn Fein Oldpark councillor on Belfast City Council), Winston Irvine (PUP director of communications) and Stephen Farry (Alliance Party MLA for North Down), by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 7 October 2013. On 9 July the Parades Commission ruled that an Orange Order parade could not pass through the Ardoyne area of Belfast on its return journey on 12 July, a decision which led to clashes between protesters and the PSNI in north and east Belfast for several days. Protesters against the decision subsequently set-up a camp at Twaddell Avenue, Belfast, to demand a reversal of the Parades Commission ruling. On 5 October a speaker from the Orange Order, William Mawhinney stated that the protests could be upscaled to civil disobedience. McCabe, Irvine and Farry discuss the potential impact of such a campaign on politics, community relations and the economy in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 October 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Gerard McCabe
Name of Second Interviewee: Winston Irvine
Name of Third Interviewee: Stephen Farry
Role at time of Interview: Gerard McCabe (Sinn Fein Oldpark Councillor on Belfast City Council), Winston Irvine (PUP Director of Communications), Stephen Farry (Alliance Party MLA for North Down)
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: William Mawhinney, Nelson McCausland, Gerard McCabe, Winston Irvine, Stephen Farry
Key Words: Orange Order, DUP, parade, Sinn Fein, PUP, Alliance Party, civil disobedience, SDLP, Parades Commission, loyalist paramilitary, culture, community relations, CARA, Ardoyne, unemployment, dissident republican, economy, Haass talks