Audio interview with Jim Wells, DUP MLA for South Down, by Michael Reade on 26 April 2011 for The Michael Reade Show on LMFM. Wells is interviewed a day after a speech was delivered by a masked Real IRA member in Derry/Londonderry threatening the safety of members of the PSNI and opposing the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland. The incident occurred just two weeks after the murder of Catholic PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr by dissident republicans and three weeks before Queen Elizabeth II’s arrival in the Republic of Ireland. Wells condemns the message of the Real IRA in Derry/Londonderry and discusses the role of citizens in Northern Ireland in furthering the peace process. The interview is item one 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: 26 April 2011
Name of First Interviewee: Jim Wells
Role at time of Interview: DUP MLA for South Down
Interviewer: Michael Reade
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © COPYRIGHT 2012 LMFM
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: LMFM The Michael Reade Show
Time Period covered: 2011
Key Individuals: Jim Wells, Queen Elizabeth II
Key Words: Real IRA, Derry, Londonderry, DUP, paramilitary, PSNI, religion, An Garda Síochána, Queen Elizabeth II visit, security, republican, dissident, violence