Audio interview with Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, and Raymond McCartney, Sinn Fein MLA for Foyle, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 16 August 2013. On 18 April planning permission was granted for the redevelopment of part of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site into a peace building and conflict resolution centre and was supported by both the DUP and Sinn Fein. Other members of the unionist community, however, protested against the decision. On 14 August Peter Robinson withdrew the DUP’s support for the conflict resolution centre at the former Maze/Long Kesh site. In this interview Nesbitt and McCartney discuss Robinson’s change in policy. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 August 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Name of Second Interviewee: Raymond McCartney
Role at time of Interview: Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP), Raymond McCartney (Sinn Fein MLA for Foyle)
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: 2013
Key Individuals: Mike Nesbitt, Raymond McCartney, Peter Robinson, Brenda Hale, Edwin Poots, Gerry Kelly, Martin McGuinness
Key Words: UUP, Sinn Fein, DUP, Maze prison, IRA, commemoration, community relations, economy, power-sharing