Officials behind 1997 event also faced concerns inviting Sinn Féin would deter other guests
Confidential note shows official doubts three months after restoration of IRA ceasefire
Newly declassified papers show positive reception in 1997 for speeches by taoiseach
State’s former envoy to UN urges profession to play part in facing climage-change trials
State papers: Document reveals officials were also worried about British prime minister’s tendency to ‘go over the top’ on other issues
Despite public histrionic denouncements, North’s first minister advocated getting ‘as much as possible out of the cow’
Event told ‘not right that we have over 100,000 children still living in poverty in Ireland’
Peter Donnelly said drugs had been his life and he had to go abroad to seek treatment
Bishop ordered ban on paramilitary trappings which ended only with McGuinness’s own funeral
Programme stimulates new form of government accountability and citizen engagement
Files reveal taoiseach spoke to French president the day after Supreme Court decision
State Papers 1987: Sinn Féin president was accused of being behind the killings
‘It was agreed in future any UN vote of similar sensitivity and importance would be flagged’
Adrian O’Neill will become ambassador in London
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