Audio interview with Gerry Kelly, Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast North, and Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 12 August 2013. On the night of 10 August violence erupted in central Belfast as a loyalist counter-demonstration sought to prevent a dissident republican rally take place in the city. Fifty-six PSNI officers were injured in the disturbances. These riots occurred only two days before a contentious republican parade took place in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. Despite the presence of a unionist counter-demonstration at this march the event passed off peacefully. In this interview Kelly and Nesbitt discuss the future of commemorative marches in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 12 August 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Kelly
Name of Second Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Role at time of Interview: Gerry Kelly (Sinn Fein MLA for Belfast North), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP)
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: 2012-2013
Key Individuals: Gerry Kelly, Mike Nesbitt, Terry Spence, Richard Haass, Seamus Harvey, Gerard McGlynn
Key Words: PSNI, parade, UVF, Orange Order, DUP, IRA