Audio interviews with Peter Osborne (chairman of the Parades Commission), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP) and Brian Rowan (security correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph), by Lisa McAllister on 30 August 2012 for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show. During a Royal Black Institution parade in August 2012 loyalist bands played music outside a Catholic church in Belfast in defiance of a ruling by the Parades Commission. The interviewees discuss the incident and explore the wider issue of political parades in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 30 August 2012
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Osborne
Name of Second Interviewee: Mike Nesbitt
Name of Third Interviewee: Brian Rowan
Role at time of Interview: Peter Osborne (chairman of the Parades Commission), Mike Nesbitt (leader of the UUP) and Brian Rowan (security correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph)
Interviewer: Lisa McAllister
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show
Time Period covered: 2012
Key Individuals: Peter Osborne, Terry Spence, Mike Nesbitt, Brian Rowan
Key Words: Parade, Parades Commission, loyalist, Stormont, religion, unionist, republican, community relations, Ulster Covenant, decade of commemoration, PSNI, PPS, UUP, power-sharing