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Interview with Winston Irvine and Niall Ó Donnghaile by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 16 July 2013

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: Audio interview with Winston Irvine, PUP director of communications, and Niall Ó Donnghaile, Sinn Fein Pottinger councillor on Belfast City Council, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster the Nolan Show on 16 July 2013. On 9 July the Parades Commission ruled that an Orange Order parade could not pass through the Ardoyne area of Belfast on its return journey on 12 July, a decision which led to clashes between protesters and the PSNI in north and east Belfast for several days. Irvine and Ó Donnghaile discuss the Parades Commission’s ruling and the escalation of violence. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 July 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Winston Irvine

Name of Second Interviewee: Niall Ó Donnghaile

Role at time of Interview: Winston Irvine (PUP director of communications), Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein Pottinger councillor on Belfast City Council)

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: Winston Irvine, Niall Ó Donnghaile, Mervyn Gibson

Key Words: PUP, Orange Order, parade, Ardoyne, Parades Commission, PSNI, policing, Sinn Fein, UVF, culture, religion, flag, Drumcree

 

 

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