Audio interview with Mitchel McLaughlin, former General Secretary of Sinn Fein, and Basil McCrea, leader of NI21, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 21 November 2013. In a BBC Panorama documentary to be broadcast later that night former members of a specially formed unit within the British Army, the MRF, admitted to shooting unarmed civilians in the early 1970s as part of their search for IRA targets. One day previously John Larkin, Northern Ireland Attorney-General, had suggested that an end be brought to all prosecutions, inquests and public enquiries related to the Troubles. McLaughlin and McCrea react to the proposals and discusses the wider issues of victims and legacies. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 November 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Mitchel McLaughlin
Name of Second Interviewee: Basil McCrea
Role at time of Interview: Mitchel McLaughlin (Sinn Fein MLA for South Antrim), Basil McCrea (leader of NI21)
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: Mitchel McLaughlin, Basil McCrea, John Larkin, Martin McGuinness, Peter Robinson, David Cameron
Key Words: Sinn Fein, NI21, legacy, hierarchy of victims, truth commission, amnesty, British Army, Haass talks, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, prisoner, Omagh bomb, Sri Lanka