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05/11/2013

Breaking news and hard-hitting talk - Stephen Nolan gets you talking about the big stories of the day. Please note, this programme has been edited since transmission.

1 hour, 27 minutes

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Tue 5 Nov 2013 09:03

Reaction to new documentary exploring the legacy of The Disappeared

Reaction to new documentary exploring the legacy of The Disappeared

Did you see the programme on the disappeared last night? It was on both the 成人快手 and RTE last night - what an incredible programme - but after we've wiped the tears from our eyes and reflected all too sadly on our dreadful conflict, what difference will that show have made, if any? Will the bodies of those still disappeared be returned to their loved ones?

Journalist Brian Rowan covered the Disappeared story extensively at the time.听

DUP Jeffrey Donaldson claims that

UUP MLA Tom Elliott says

SDLP听Justice spokesman Alban Maginness says听

Jean McConville's son says he will fight to clear his mother's name and get an apology from the IRA until the day he dies

Jean McConville's son says he will fight to clear his mother's name and get an apology from the IRA until the day he dies

Probably the best known story of those disappeared by the IRA is Jean McConville's. She was dragged from the arms of her young children by an IRA gang in 1972, then shot and buried. Her body was finally recovered in 2003.

One of the most harrowing images from last night's programme is that of Jean's young children being interviewed by a reporter after their mother's abduction.

After his mother was abducted, Michael McConville explains how at eleven years of age he was tied up and beaten when he threatened to tell police about what had happened.

Columba McVeigh's brother Oliver says Sinn Fein should do more to locate his brother's body

Columba McVeigh's brother Oliver says Sinn Fein should do more to locate his brother's body
Oliver McVeigh's 19 year old brother Columba was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975. His body has still not been found and Oliver says his mother prayed every day he would be found. She died not knowing where her son was. He says

More complaints of overcrowding at the Jamboree in the Park event in Fintona

More complaints of overcrowding at the Jamboree in the Park event in Fintona
Yesterday the Nolan Show brought you the story of major problems at the 'The Jamboree in the Park' event in Fintona on Saturday night. Many of you got in touch to tell us of problems getting into the venue - and, more worryingly - people being crushed inside.
One person that attended sent us a
Carmel Kelly's听听 Her daughter was听hospitalised after attending the event. 听 Professor Phil Scraton was the primary author of the independent report into the Hillsborough disaster.听听 He says

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