Audio interviews with Geraldine Finucane, widow of Pat Finucane, and Tommie Gorman, RTE Northern Ireland editor, by Pat Kenny for RTE Radio 1 show Today with Pat Kenny in 2011 and on 12 December 2012 respectively. On 12 December 2012 the De Silva Report was published. This documented the degree of British state collusion with loyalist gunmen in the killing of Pat Finucane on 12 February 1989. Ahead of the publication of these findings, an interview with Geraldine Finucane is broadcast on the subject of the De Silva enquiry. Tommie Gorman is interviewed on the same subject. Today with Pat Kenny is RTE Radio 1’s daily current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: Geraldine Finucane (2011), Tommie Gorman (12 December 2012)
Name of First Interviewee: Geraldine Finucane
Name of Second Interviewee: Tommie Gorman
Role at time of Interview: Geraldine Finucane (widow of Pat Finucane), Tommie Gorman (RTE Northern editor)
Interviewer: Pat Kenny
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Today with Pat Kenny
Time Period covered: 1989-2012
Key Individuals: Geraldine Finucane, Pat Finucane, Desmond de Silva, David Cameron, Douglas Hogg, Seamus Mallon, Liz O’Donnell, John Stevens
Key Words: De Silva Report, British government, Irish government, enquiry, loyalist, collusion