
Gay Byrne: The right man at the right time for Irish society
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 5, 2019, 00:04
Broadcaster played a key role in the opening up of media that enabled change

Mayhew was criticised by both sides over shoot-to-kill decision
- Politics
- December 29, 2018, 02:58
British colleagues also perplexed by ‘national security’ reason for lack of prosecutions

Declassified files help to correct ‘distorting’ narrative of Thatcher’s memoirs
- Politics
- December 29, 2018, 02:14
Analysis: Records suggest she was irascible on Ireland, shallow and very often uncertain on detail

1988: A year of constant bickering between Haughey and Thatcher
- Politics
- December 28, 2018, 00:05
State papers show the taoiseach and the British PM 'at loggerheads' over the IRA

John Bowman: How Irish diplomats ‘dined for Ireland’
- Politics
- December 30, 2017, 02:30
State Papers: 1987 files describe mission to promote Anglo-Irish Agreement

Ireland’s stringent 30-year rule limits understanding
- Politics
- December 29, 2017, 00:10
The British are moving to release official files after 20 years

‘Tough nuts’ Haughey and Thatcher get reacquainted as London says it’s business as usual
- Politics
- December 29, 2017, 00:05
The nightmare for any Irish government was the extradition of an innocent citizen who would be wrongly jailed

Sir Robert Armstrong: ‘Nothing will ever be the same again in NI’
- Politics
- December 31, 2016, 00:00
State papers 1986: UK secretary said Anglo-Irish Agreement resulted in ‘fundamental change’

Thatcher was a chameleon on Ireland even after Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- December 30, 2016, 00:00
State Papers 1986: the year after agreement was signed relations remained complex

John Bowman: 10 tales of modern Ireland
- Heritage
- September 17, 2016, 06:00
The historian and broadcaster’s new ‘autobiography of Ireland’ uses letters, diaries and other ‘authentic’ documents to tell new s(...)

State Papers: Tortuous road to Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- December 31, 2015, 01:00
Thatcher had concerns, feared unionist reaction, but officials and FitzGerald pressed on

Keeping the lady onside for the Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Politics
- December 30, 2015, 01:00
State Papers 1985: Taoiseach careful to keep Margaret Thatcher engaged during talks

State papers: FitzGerald criticised Thatcher’s rejection of New Ireland Forum report
- Irish Times
- December 29, 2014, 01:00
British prime minister’s ‘manner of presentation’ faulted by Dublin

Thatcher saw Northern Ireland as ‘ridiculously expensive’
- Politics
- December 27, 2014, 01:00
PM talked of ‘Rhodesia/Zimbabwe out’ for British government

Thatcher said after Brighton bombing she ‘doubted she would die in her bed’
- Politics
- December 27, 2014, 01:00
Documents reveal private reaction to 1984 attack at Conservative conference’s hotel

Thatcher told FitzGerald there would be no problem – then came ‘Out! Out! Out!’
- Politics
- December 27, 2014, 01:00
Dublin wanted more than ‘mere consultation’ on Northern Ireland

Time for Ireland to remember those who lost their lives in first World War
- Heritage
- August 2, 2014, 00:01
Opinion: How was the Great War forgotten by so many for so long?

FitzGerald approved overtures to Thatcher on joint rule
- Politics
- December 28, 2013, 01:00
SDLP’s John Hume considered proposed arrangement ‘not Brits out, but Irish in’

FitzGerald’s battle with Thatcher’s ‘Fortress Falklands nationalism’
- Politics
- December 27, 2013, 01:00
An election victory and unionist aides hardened the British leader’s stance, 1983 papers show