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.
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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 BBC 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. He says the issue of The Disappeared 'will not go away for Sinn Fein'.
DUP Jeffrey Donaldson claims that Sinn Fein's handling of the issue of the Disappeared calls their credibility on other victims' issues into question
UUP MLA Tom Elliott says the Haass talks should concentrate on resolving the issue of The Disappeared.
SDLP Justice spokesman Alban Maginness says it's time for truth and for the families to have some kind of closure with the return of their remains.
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.
He says he will fight to clear his mother's name until the day he dies.
Columba McVeigh's brother Oliver says Sinn Fein should do more to locate his brother's body
More complaints of overcrowding at the Jamboree in the Park event in Fintona
One person that attended sent us a video of the frightening scene.
Carmel Kelly's contacted the show. Her daughter was hospitalised after attending the event. Professor Phil Scraton was the primary author of the independent report into the Hillsborough disaster. He says once people in a crowded situation are hospitalised you are minutes away from serious injuries or even death.
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