Audio interview with Mark Hennessy, London editor of the Irish Times, and Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, by Wendy Austin for BBC Radio Ulster Talkback on 9 September 2013. Two days earlier Irish Tanaiste and Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore stated that the Irish state needed to acknowledge unionist perceptions that successive Irish governments did not do enough to combat the activity of the IRA during the Troubles. Hennessy and Nesbitt respond to Gilmore’s comments and discuss the wider issues of victims, commemorations and the Haass talks. Talkback is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily afternoon phone-in programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 9 September 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Mark Hennessy
Name of Second Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Role at time of Interview: Mark Hennessy (London editor of the Irish Times), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP)
Interviewer: Wendy Austin
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster Talkback
Time Period covered: 2013
Key Individuals: Mark Hennessy, Mike Nesbitt, Eamon Gilmore, Danny Kennedy
Key Words: Irish government, UUP, legacy, Haass talks, policing, border, IRA, civil rights