Gaston was seconded , by BBC Northern Ireland to research the need for Youth Programmes in January 1980 . This work and the subsequent report led to the creation of the Youth Programmes Unit by BBC Northern Ireland . Mike was then recruited by BBC NI , News and Current Affairs . He worked as a producer and reporter on P.M. Ulster , Sunday Sequence , Good Morning Ulster and Newsbreak . During this period , he covered major stories including the Darkley Massacre , November 1983 , the Milltown Cemetery attack , March 1988 and the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing , November 1987 . He was the first reporter to interview Gordon Wilson . The resulting interview was instrumental in persuading Loyalist paramilitaries not to carry out acts of retaliation . International Mediator , William Ury later noted " No words in more than twenty-five years of violence in Northern Ireland had such a powerful , emotional impact . " Gaston was nominated Sony Radio reporter of the year for his coverage of the Enniskillen story
Remembrance Day bombing
Remembrance Day bombing
Mike Gaston