Audio interview with Ken Livingstone (former Mayor of London), Gillian Shephard (biographer of Margaret Thatcher) and Laurence McKeown (writer and former member of the Provisional IRA) by Pat Kenny for RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny on 9 April 2013. On 8 April 2013 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher died. The interviewees discuss the political life and legacy of Thatcher with particular reference to the issue of hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. Today with Pat Kenny is RTE Radio 1’s morning current affairs programme
Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 April 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Ken Livingstone
Name of Second Interviewee: Gillian Shephard
Name of Third Interviewee: Laurence McKeown
Role at time of Interview: Ken Livingstone (former Mayor of London), Gillian Shephard (biographer of Margaret Thathcher), Laurence McKeown (writer and former member of the Provisional IRA)
Interviewer: Pat Kenny
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny
Time Period covered: 1981-2013
Key Individuals: Laurence McKeown, Margaret Thatcher, Garret Fitzgerald, Gerry Kelly, Danny Morrison, Tony Blair
Key Words: Hunger strike, IRA, Maze, prison, RUC