# margaret-thatcher - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# State Papers 1990
# State Papers 1990
An Irish official relayed that ambassador Sir Nicholas Fenn explained Thatcher had been speaking with a “certain sense of exasperation”.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 28 December, 2019
# FR PATRICK RYAN
# FR PATRICK RYAN
Ireland and the UK disagreed over how to handle the case of Fr Patrick Ryan, and the US considered intervening, State papers reveal.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# Hunger Strikes
# Hunger Strikes
The songwriter disagreed with how Thatcher treated hunger strikers and miners in the 1980s.
# margaret-thatcher - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
# On A Pedestal
# On A Pedestal
The statue is planned for her hometown of Grantham.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Trade Partners
# Trade Partners
Ireland had built up a valuable beef export partnership with Libya.
# State Papers
# State Papers
The frank assessment came in meeting between the pair in The Hague in 1986.
# margaret-thatcher - Sunday 18 March, 2018
# Crime And Punishment
From The42
# Crime And Punishment
Journalist Tony Evans discusses the 1985-86 season, and the long-lasting consequences that the events surrounding it had on English football.
# margaret-thatcher - Friday 29 December, 2017
# State Papers 1987
# State Papers 1987
Details of the row about extradition procedures have been revealed in freshly released state papers.
# margaret-thatcher - Sunday 8 October, 2017
# Tory Troubles
# Tory Troubles
The British Prime Minister might demote Boris Johnson in a cabinet reshuffle.
# margaret-thatcher - Sunday 6 March, 2016
# Rags To Riches
# Rags To Riches
Some came from very humble beginnings.
# margaret-thatcher - Thursday 25 February, 2016
# Nigel Bites
# Nigel Bites
Nigel Lawson – father of Nigella – is now chairman of the Vote Leave campaign.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 2 January, 2016
# Belfast Bunfight
# Belfast Bunfight
The UK Prime Minister was determined not to let them take down the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
# margaret-thatcher - Wednesday 30 December, 2015
# Ouch
# Ouch
Mrs Thatcher was not a fan of Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
# margaret-thatcher - Friday 6 November, 2015
# Thatcherite
# Thatcherite
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin are not impressed with the Health Minister’s latest comments.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 10 October, 2015
# RIP
# RIP
Howe, former chancellor of the exchequer among other things, has died from a heart attack aged 88.
# margaret-thatcher - Thursday 2 July, 2015
# Dáil Scenes
# Dáil Scenes
But the lady is not for turning on the cut to the one-parent family payment.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 30 May, 2015
# Fool Me Once
From The Daily Edge
# margaret-thatcher - Sunday 25 January, 2015
# Brighton Bombing
# Brighton Bombing
An incredible friendship grew from the aftermath of the Brighton bombing.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 27 December, 2014
# 1984 State Papers
# 1984 State Papers
The PM’s comments have been revealed in newly released state documents.
# State Papers
# State Papers
A steering note before Garret Fitzgerald’s meeting with Margaret Thatcher shows us how she was “by political preference” a Unionist.
# margaret-thatcher - Monday 10 November, 2014
# Not For Turning
# Not For Turning
And not for the first time either.
# margaret-thatcher - Wednesday 22 October, 2014
# Brighton Bombing
# Brighton Bombing
Speaking on the Tubridy programme today, Jo Berry, daughter of a Conservative MP killed in the Brighton bombing, described how she came to find forgiveness and understanding.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 11 October, 2014
# Room 629
# Room 629
The Brighton bombing was “the most audacious attack on a British government” in nearly 400 years.
# margaret-thatcher - Friday 3 January, 2014
# 1984
# 1984
The plan was revealed by British state papers released under the 30 year rule.
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# State Papers
# State Papers
State Papers show he planned to ‘bait’ Margaret Thatcher into talks on reunification using the plan.
# margaret-thatcher - Friday 27 December, 2013
# 1983
# 1983
Departments conversed internally about who should pay the cost which reached more than £8,000.
# margaret-thatcher - Tuesday 24 December, 2013
# Pics Of The Year
# Pics Of The Year
From Commander Hadfield to Batkid, here are the most striking photographs from 2013.
# margaret-thatcher - Monday 30 September, 2013
# Fair And Balanced
# Fair And Balanced
Got a spare ten minutes to watch our nomination for least balanced ‘documentary’ of 2013?
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 28 September, 2013
# Thatcher
# Thatcher
A plaque with the inscription “Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013″ was placed at the site where she was laid to rest in the grounds of a military nursing home.
# margaret-thatcher - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Beardin' Deadly
From The Daily Edge
# Beardin' Deadly
Jessie J! Margaret Thatcher! The Queen! They’ve all got beards!
# margaret-thatcher - Saturday 3 August, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about the looming Dublin Bus strike, the horrific car crash in Donegal and what the son of Bishop Eamon Casey had to say about Gay Byrne…
# margaret-thatcher - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
# Twitter
From The42
# Twitter
John Mooney quickly apologised for the ‘derogatory’ message about the former British PM.
# margaret-thatcher - Friday 19 April, 2013
# Boston
# Boston
David Koch of Channel Seven says Boston’s Irish population may link the Marathon bombings to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.
# margaret-thatcher - Thursday 18 April, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Margaret Thatcher normalised female success, challenging the prevailing orthodoxy that women were unsuited to the pursuit of power, but mechanisms, such as electoral gender quotas would have been anathema to her, writes Margaret O’Keefe.
# margaret-thatcher - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
# Iron Lady
# Iron Lady
Reflecting how divisive the former prime minister was during her political life, supporters and detractors turned out for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral this morning.
# Ouch
# Ouch
Former Labour minister Peter Mandelson said Thatcher gave him the advice on the day he was appointed Secretary for Northern Ireland.
# Margaret Thatcher
# Margaret Thatcher
Big Ben’s bell was silenced as Margaret Thatcher’s coffin was driven through the streets of London.
# Iron Lady
# Iron Lady
2,300 people will attend the ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral, with 4,000 police officers and 700 military personnel on duty.
Breezy; a touch of rain this afternoon
Max: 14 °C
Min: 12 °C
Variable clouds with a couple of showers
Max: 15 °C
Min: 7 °C
