Robert Armstrong

Haughey told Thatcher that Ireland was financially ‘up against the wall’

State Papers 1987: Then taoiseach jokingly asked for loan of ‘£2bn or so’ from British PM

‘Tough nuts’ Haughey and Thatcher get reacquainted as London says it’s business as usual

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

Gerry Adams appealing 1975 jail escape convictions

Interned Sinn Féin leader was on IRA talks delegation in London before re-arrest

State papers: Officials feared unionist declaration of independence

Plan to invade the North ‘last resort’ in case of ‘unrestrained assault’ on nationalists

UDR slight to minister over dinner invite angered Northern Ireland secretary

State papers 1986: Event came after series of allegations about the regiment

Sir Robert Armstrong: ‘Nothing will ever be the same again in NI’

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

State papers 1986: Peter Robinson plotted an independent state

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

Thatcher was a chameleon on Ireland even after Anglo-Irish Agreement

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

Art review: unexpected views at ‘Slips and Glimpses’ and the world map reimagined

New work from Robert Armstrong, Anna Bjerger and Kathy Prendergast

Peter Barry: the man who helped cajole the Iron Lady into Anglo-Irish Agreement

Business success of the Barry’s Tea owner was secondary to his political impact

State Papers: Tortuous road to Anglo-Irish Agreement

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

A vital glimpse into the past

State Papers

Keeping the lady onside for the Anglo-Irish Agreement

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

Lord Gowrie told Irish diplomats about British spying

State Papers 1985: Member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet warned of eavesdropping

New Ireland Forum helped begin process of changing hearts and minds

Shift in nationalist demands allowed forum to become launchpad for lobbying

The real deal that changed the game

Thirty years ago on Sunday November 15th, FitzGerald and Thatcher sealed deal at a press conference at which everything was sweetness and light . . .

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