Audio interview with Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP), Eamonn McCann (journalist and political activist) and Winston Rea (former loyalist prisoner) by Stephen Nolan on BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 30 May 2013. In 1984 Ann Travers’ sister Mary was shot dead by the I.R.A. In 2010 Mary McArdle, who had been jailed for her role in the killing, was appointed to the role of Ministerial Special Adviser to the Sinn Fein Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin. Ann Travers has since been lobbying for a bill disallowing ex-prisoners guilty of serious paramilitary offences from taking positions as Special Advisers at Stormont. Nesbitt, McCann and Rea discusses the proposed bill. The Nolan Show is BBC Radio Ulster’s daily current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 30 May 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Name of Second Interviewee: Eamonn McCann
Name of Third Interviewee: Winston Rea
Role at time of Interview: Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP), Eamonn McCann (journalist and political activist), Winston Rea (former loyalist prisoner)
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, Eamonn McCann, Winston Rea, Ann Travers, Mary McArdle, Caral Ni Chuilin, Seamus Mallon
Key Words: Special Adviser, Sinn Fein, IRA, UUP, paramilitary, prisoner, British government