Tom King

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

Molyneaux’s UUP and Paisley’s DUP had boycotted the Anglo-Irish Agreement

John Stalker affair and shoot-to-kill policy cover-up were major topics of conversation

Former British attorney general was prepared ‘to send the police into 10 Downing Street’ over alleged cover-up

State Papers show Fianna Fáil government had misgivings about inquest’s limited mandate

This year saw the first graphic novel to be nominated for a Man Booker prize

Former Northern secretaries argue better to spend £150m on victims and survivors

Files from 1988 show prime minister was angry at Garda and Haughey response to IRA

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

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

RUC chief told ministers the Provos had ‘no shortage of money to purchase weapons’

State Papers 1987: Sinn Féin president was accused of being behind the killings

Kane limps off as Tottenham reach semis after rout in final White Hart Lane cup tie

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

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

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