London Letter: Why embark on a long legislative process instead of using article 16?

Celebrated public servant was also known for his penetrating inquiry into Iraq War

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

Party’s ‘socialist views’ did not impress some senior IRA members, according to prison chaplain

Thirty years ago team spirit was one thing Jack Charlton's squad had in spades

A changing country fixated by exploits in Italy and grappling with political turmoil at home

Peter Brooke also told Irish diplomat that North had ‘negligible strategic value’ to London

Former Northern Ireland secretary highly critical of Thatcher and unionists

State Papers: Haughey and Thatcher only held one hour of discussions in the year

Release of Guildford Four, fall of Berlin Wall and Ireland qualifying for World Cup for the first time among highlights

Remainers – largely Catholic and nationalist – grow worried as deadline approaches

Irish Times editorial, 1998: Will it be sturdy enough to endure the strains and stresses?

British colleagues also perplexed by ‘national security’ reason for lack of prosecutions

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