Planners of Anglo-Irish Secretariat Christmas party had to contend with LVF threat
Officials behind 1997 event also faced concerns inviting Sinn Féin would deter other guests
SF may not be able to bring all militants on peaceful course, diplomat reportedly said in 1997
Confidential note shows official doubts three months after restoration of IRA ceasefire
Northern Ireland Office praised Bruton for ‘stepping out from under nationalist cloud’
Newly declassified papers show positive reception in 1997 for speeches by taoiseach
Call for more engineers to tackle society’s ‘biggest challenges’
State’s former envoy to UN urges profession to play part in facing climage-change trials
Thatcher ‘switches off’ when Northern Ireland comes up - Irish diplomat, 1989
State papers: Document reveals officials were also worried about British prime minister’s tendency to ‘go over the top’ on other issues
State papers: Paisley ‘vigorously’ backed membership of EEC
Despite public histrionic denouncements, North’s first minister advocated getting ‘as much as possible out of the cow’
Eradication of poverty event told of direct provision hardship
Event told ‘not right that we have over 100,000 children still living in poverty in Ireland’
Homeless man who was stabbed to death spoke of overcoming addiction through God
Peter Donnelly said drugs had been his life and he had to go abroad to seek treatment
McGuinness planned the firing of shots over coffin in church grounds
Bishop ordered ban on paramilitary trappings which ended only with McGuinness’s own funeral
Irish Times view on progress in meeting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Programme stimulates new form of government accountability and citizen engagement
Haughey engaged in telephone diplomacy to ease fears on European referendum
Files reveal taoiseach spoke to French president the day after Supreme Court decision
Sinn Fein denies Gerry Adams ‘set up’ IRA Loughgall ambush
State Papers 1987: Sinn Féin president was accused of being behind the killings
Saudi vote row prompts pledge to notify Ministers in advance
‘It was agreed in future any UN vote of similar sensitivity and importance would be flagged’
Dan Mulhall to become Irish ambassador to the United States
Adrian O’Neill will become ambassador in London
Adams ‘always more interested in the political approach’
Cahal Daly’s views sought about possible end to Sinn Féin’s abstentionist policy on seats in Dáil and any Northern assembly
Flanagan calls for more coordinated response to migrant crisis
Minister makes pitch for security council seat in address to UN assembly in New York
UN summit on refugees fails to offer solutions
Uncertainty remains on whether summit and pledging conference will have a lasting legacy
UN migrant summit: Search is on for a global solution
Meeting of 193 UN member states in New York will address global refugee crisis
UN document to condemn acts of intolerance towards migrants
Agreement represents ‘new global approach’ to addressing refugees’ issues, says Flanagan
Ireland ‘almost a laughing stock’ in dealing with migrants
State ‘miles behind’ with only ‘pathetic’ 311 of 4,000 refugees committed to taken in
Worldview: Gender and climate issues are linked
Women must be centrally involved if sustainable development goals are to be achieved
Higgins voices concern over anti-refugee rhetoric
Crisis must be ‘understood, managed, facilitated’ to curb growth of anti-refugee groups
Irish Women of the World: Samantha Power and more political powerhouses
Diplomacy, clear focus and long-term view help forge agreement and ambition
Ireland to co-chair major UN summit on refugees
World leaders’ event in September aims to sign off on new global policy principles
Diplomatic ‘dance on the head of a pin’ led to global agreement
As the UN’s 2030 Agenda comes into force, negotiators recall a fraught drafting process
State Papers: INLA described by Catholic priests as ‘bunch of lunatics’
Former SDLP leader John Hume compared UDR to ‘a group of Rangers supporters’
Flanagan tells UN it must review its failure to prevent war
Assertive leadership ‘has never been as critical’, Ministers tells UN General Assembly
Development goals work boosts Ireland’s UN drive
Irish diplomats’ work strengthens campaign for UN Security Council seat
President and Taoiseach to attend UN summit in New York
Sustainable Development Goals aim to end extreme poverty and fight inequality
UN agrees on ‘bold, transformative’ development agenda
193 member states have agreed on the new Sustainable Development Goals
Development goals: the tough task of drafting world’s wish-list
Ireland’s UN ambassador helping to broker new global aims among 193 nations
Brussels conference hears EU must tackle world poverty
European nations failing to meet 0.7% aid commitment due to ‘lack of political will’
UN appoints Ireland to lead talks on development goals
Targets for period to 2030 aim to eradicate poverty and hunger, address climate change
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