Audio interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, by Michael Reade for LMFM The Michael Reade show on 15 November 2013. Eleven days earlier a BBC/RTE documentary entitled ‘The Disappeared’ was broadcast documenting the history of the ‘disappeared’ and the effects of these abductions, killings and secret burials on the families of the victims. Adams reacts to the documentary and discusses the wider issues of victims and legacies. The interview is item two on the show’s running order. The Michael Reade Show is a daily current affairs programme on LMFM, a Drogheda based radio station.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 15 November 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview: President of Sinn Fein
Interviewer: Michael Reade
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © COPYRIGHT 2013 LMFM
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: LMFM Michael Reade Show
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, Billy McKee, Brendan Hughes, Dolours Price, Michael McConville, Jean McConville, Darragh MacIntyre, Fr. Alec Reid, Geoff Knupfer, Anne Cadwallader
Key Words: Sinn Fein, disappeared, border, Haass talks, IRA, Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains, collusion, commemoration, hierarchy of victims