Noel Dorr

Former Northern Ireland secretary highly critical of Thatcher and unionists

Analysis: Records suggest she was irascible on Ireland, shallow and very often uncertain on detail

State papers show the taoiseach and the British PM 'at loggerheads' over the IRA

Former taoiseach offered to ‘run a course for British diplomats’ on how to handle Irish Americans

Key players in protests or politics 50 years ago will lecture at Stranmillis University

Israeli ambassador reported to his Irish counterpart about an ‘unlikely’ request

State Papers: 1987 files describe mission to promote Anglo-Irish Agreement

Authorities ‘embarrassed’ after overflight took Beaver aircraft within 23 miles of Dublin airport

Fianna Fáil leader told Northern secretary party ‘going berserk’ over UK co-operation

The nightmare for any Irish government was the extradition of an innocent citizen who would be wrongly jailed

Government had plan to transfer 20,000 civil servants to work under Council of Ireland

State papers 1986: UK secretary said Anglo-Irish Agreement resulted in ‘fundamental change’

Northern Ireland’s former First Minister was ‘saying things about independence’

State Papers 1986: the year after agreement was signed relations remained complex