Video interview with Jonathan Bell, Junior Minister at OFMDFM, and John O’Dowd, Northern Ireland Minister for Education, by Mark Carruthers for BBC Northern Ireland The View on 9 May 2013. Earlier that day OFMDFM announced a new strategy for building a shared future entitled ‘Together: Building a United Community’. This strategy proposes the removal of peace walls within ten years; the creation of schemes for youth integration and the establishment of a cross-party working group to deal with issues such as flags, parading and reconciliation with the past. Bell and O’Dowd discuss the potential of the new strategy. The View is a weekly current affairs programme on BBC Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 May 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Jonathan Bell
Name of Second Interviewee: John O’Dowd
Role at time of Interview: Jonathan Bell (Junior Minister at OFMDFM), John O’Dowd (Northern Ireland Minister for Education)
Interviewer: Mark Carruthers
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Watch the video
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland The View
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Jonathan Bell, John O’Dowd
Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, shared future, youth, education, unemployment, community relations