Summary
Orla and Kevin Coyle tell the story of their father who was killed as an alleged informer by the IRA. The profound shadow cast by their father’s death has lasted almost 30 years.
Credits
Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy Co-Producer: Paddy Fee Editing and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy Composer: Michael Fleming Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell Theme tune by Lankum Artwork by Conor Merriman Assistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna and Sarah Green. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Stakeknife is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | You're about to listen to a brand new episode of Steakknife, the new series of cover. |
| 0:09.6 | Episodes will be released weekly, wherever you get your podcast, but if you're in the UK, |
| 0:13.3 | you can listen to the latest episodes right now, first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:17.1 | And a reminder that the following podcast contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting |
| 0:21.2 | and some occasional strong language. |
| 0:23.8 | Episode 6, Playing God |
| 0:25.9 | I've said that there, like I'm reading from a script, like it's a story. |
| 0:34.9 | To me it's a story. |
| 0:36.5 | I was a baby getting put to bed. |
| 0:38.3 | It's sad to think that I don't know him as a person, but he's had such an influence in my life. |
| 0:50.3 | And living in a shadow of a man you don't know that I don't know. |
| 0:59.0 | What did he do so wrong? |
| 1:05.0 | And I didn't have an understanding of it. I didn't know what an informer was. |
| 1:09.0 | They took my life away from me. have an understanding of it. I didn't know what an informer was. |
| 1:15.0 | They took my life away from me. |
| 1:18.4 | Or what should have been my life? |
| 1:20.6 | They took that away and they had no second thoughts because they needed their person. |
| 1:26.7 | Who gets to play God? |
| 1:28.3 | And why me? Why my family? |
| 1:35.3 | They've ruled my life and they don't know who I am. |
| 1:38.3 | They've ruled my life and they don't know who I am. The |
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