Alison Donaldson interviewed by Mark Davenport for Beyond Westminster

05/09/2009

 

Following Margaret and Alison spending a morning at Stormont in June talking to policians discussing the credit crunch, derivatives and other more local matters, such as education, Northern Ireland Political Editor of the BBC, Mark Davenport, interviewed Alison on Radio 4 as part of a series of programmes examining the track record of devolved government in Northern Ireland. The focus was on the current education proposals for Northern Ireland. We see this area of particular importance as it impacts on the future generations in Northern Ireland and its ability to compete on an international level.

A link is available below for anyone interested in listening to this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mdy19#synopsis 

This was also reported on the main BBC news pages:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/northern_ireland/8237962.stm