# State Papers
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2023
State Papers
'Sex aids' being imported to Ireland in 1992 had officials abuzz with questions
29 Dec 2023
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State Papers
McAleese was urged to meet loyalists of Holy Cross school dispute weeks before renewed violence
29 Dec 2023
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belfast dons
Wimbledon FC moving to Dublin never happened, but Tony Blair pushed for a Belfast move instead
28 Dec 2023
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Northern Ireland
9/11 sparked fears for nuclear or chemical attack preparedness in NI, State Papers reveal
28 Dec 2023
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richard haass
Claim IRA members were in Colombia on holiday, not to train FARC, 'insulted US intelligence'
28 Dec 2023
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Achtung tony
Tony Blair wanted to have 'a good time' during 1993 trip to Ireland, ideally involving U2
28 Dec 2023
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State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
28 Dec 2023
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State Papers
British officials 'perplexed' by exclusion of Garda McCabe's killers from GFA early release plans
27 Dec 2023
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Irish-UK relations
Princess Diana referred to NI as part of the Republic, according to Irish ambassador's note
27 Dec 2023
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Sinn Féin
SF should move away from violent links to stop attracting 'head bangers', Adams agreed in 2001
27 Dec 2023
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John F Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy rang Irish Embassy to ensure Defence Forces would play role in JFK's funeral
27 Dec 2023
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State Papers
Govt heard of British collusion in murder of man wrongly identified as IRA mole 'Stakeknife'
27 Dec 2023
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State Papers
Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
27 Dec 2023
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All time
The Troubles
State Papers 1999: Mo Mowlam told Alec Reid she was 'f****d' if paramilitary killings continued
30 Dec 2022
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State Papers
When Bertie met Paisley: Attacks on Presbyterian churches led to meeting between two leaders
30 Dec 2022
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ira bombings
Canary Wharf: Adams was glad he 'didn't know about bombing' as he couldn't report or prevent it
30 Dec 2022
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State Papers
Young Boris Johnson argued for 'hard egg' approach to dealing with the IRA after Canary Wharf
29 Dec 2022
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State Papers
Tony Blair told John Bruton 25 years ago that British people feared 'losing control' to the EU
29 Dec 2022
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State Papers
FW de Klerk told Haughey that lifting fruit & veg ban would help 'mainly Black' South Africans
28 Dec 2022
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1992
Tony O'Reilly offered newly widowed Robert Mugabe a stay in his estate and a lend of his jet
28 Dec 2022
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Drumcree 1998
Irish officials warned 'Garvaghy Road won’t exist' if 1998 Orange Order march didn't go ahead
28 Dec 2022
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State Papers
Report into Aidan McAnespie shooting found it ‘difficult to accept’ soldier’s claims
28 Dec 2022
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THE MORNING LEAD
Ahern sought rubber bullet ban to put pressure on UK to restrict their use in Northern Ireland
28 Dec 2022
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From the Archives
The secret story of the Princess of Prussia's family jewels being stolen at gunpoint in Dalkey
30 Dec 2021
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State Papers
Real IRA not ‘overly active’, Ahern told Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb
30 Dec 2021
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ballybunion
How Bill Clinton's Kerry statue owes its roots to a visit by Dick Spring to Martha's Vineyard
Updated
30 Dec 2021
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Yes Minister
'Bugger off to Turkey and leave us alone': DFA dark comedy ahead of Gulf War revealed in State Papers
29 Dec 2021
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Never Forget
An elephant named Mimi gifted to President Hillery caused a row between Ireland and Tanzania
29 Dec 2021
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The Troubles
Decommissioning demands during first IRA ceasefire ‘were pointless’
29 Dec 2021
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1997 state papers
Republicans in the Maze allowed IRA prisoners build an escape tunnel 'as occupational therapy'
29 Dec 2021
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hunting expedition
Proposed African safari summit for NI politicians in '97 was labelled as 'rubbish' by John Bruton
29 Dec 2021
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Peace Process
John Hume 'literally cried on Martin McGuinness's shoulder' amid health concerns in 1994
29 Dec 2021
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State Papers
Her mother was 'dying to go' to Ireland after Prince Charles in 1995 but the queen said 'not just yet'
28 Dec 2021
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State Papers
A young Boris Johnson warned Irish officials about John Major's Peace Process plans in 1995
28 Dec 2021
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IRA
'The trouble is that Gaddafi is mad': State papers reveal extent of Libya's support for PIRA
28 Dec 2021
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New York
British officials were 'apoplectic' after Gerry Adams was granted a US visa in 1994
28 Dec 2021
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State Papers
British concerned Ireland could 'exaggerate' 1997 Famine apology to draw parallel with Bloody Sunday
29 Dec 2020
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South Africa
Mandela wrote letter to Haughey soon after his release asking him to postpone a decision on easing sanctions
27 Dec 2020
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