The Irish Times

Margaret Thatcher’s moods, Garret FitzGerald’s outburst – a diplomat looks back

Late British diplomat David Goodall recalls the creation of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement

Sun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00

Rialtas na hÉireann mí-shásta faoi chinneadh ar mhaoiniú Ghlór na nGael

Cuireadh in iúl do Rialtas na Breataine gur cheart athmhachnamh a dhéanamh

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 07:29

British government feared ‘tabloid scandal’ if it released Birmingham Six

State papers: The six Irishmen were jailed for life in 1975 after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of 21 people in IRA bomb attacks on two pubs

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 00:02

Thatcher ‘convinced’ Birmingham Six had no grounds for appeal

Haughey’s request for clemency for the six men in 1988 was rebuffed by Thatcher

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 02:04

1988: Gibraltar shootings, Dublin millennium, and Ray Houghton’s goal

State papers released under 30-year rule recall 12 months of violence in Northern Ireland

Fri Dec 28 2018 - 03:11

Major was furious with Clinton for granting Adams a visa

British felt move was ‘the finest platform ever granted to the IRA to justify terrorism’

Fri Dec 28 2018 - 01:00

President’s meeting with queen opened door to Irish-UK co-operation

Northern Ireland archives: ‘The Anglophobes with chips on their shoulders have been discomfited’ – British ambassador

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 13:46

British officials angry as RUC notified of tánaiste’s Antrim visit in Irish

Northern Ireland archives: Tánaiste ‘reportedly said it was his first official visit to Co Antrim as Minister for the Gaeltacht’

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 13:43

Irish-British relations: tensions rise as friends diverge

It seems clear strains over Brexit are leaking into the involvement of both countries in the North

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 00:05

British concerned over UDR credibility

State papers 1986: Regiment had become symbol of sectarian division and ‘hated’ by Catholics

Mon Jan 02 2017 - 00:00

Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Who will be our friends now at the European table?

In the negotiations that will soon begin on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Irish Government will attempt to strike a delicate balance

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 09:20

State Papers: Tortuous road to Anglo-Irish Agreement

Thatcher had concerns, feared unionist reaction, but officials and FitzGerald pressed on

Thu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00

Ian Paisley rebuked for describing Bishop Daly as ‘black Pope’

North papers show Cardinal Ó Fiaich pressed for release of UVF murderer Gusty Spence

Thu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00

Keeping the lady onside for the Anglo-Irish Agreement

State Papers 1985: Taoiseach careful to keep Margaret Thatcher engaged during talks

Wed Dec 30 2015 - 05:36

David McKittrick: Robinson was key to allowing Paisley enter government with Sinn Fein

He concentrated on masterminding the DUP’s battle to displace the Ulster Unionist party while doubtless privately wondering when Paisley would retire.

Fri Nov 20 2015 - 03:47

Pragmatism wins out ahead of conviction

While Margaret Thatcher was unionist at heart, the situation in the North wasnot working. In Garret FitzGerald she found a leader to reach agreement with

Sat Nov 14 2015 - 06:20

Unionist leader said too many ‘kick the pope’ bands in marches

James Molyneaux made admission during 1985 talks over Orange parades

Mon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00

Berlin 25: The road to unification

The prospect of a united Germany faced huge hostility but became a reality just 11 months after the Berlin Wall fell

Thu Nov 06 2014 - 06:05

Negative response to Anglo-Irish deal

Papers show ambivalence on part of Thatcher and Northern secretary King

Fri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00

‘Massive dose of inequality’ for nationalists in parades policy

Roles of Douglas Hurd and RUC chief constable in RUC decision to re-route controversial Orange parade in Portadown in 1985 revealed in confidential files

Fri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00