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The Welsh were worried that Ireland would become home to nuclear weapons
It didn’t happen in the end.
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It didn’t happen in the end.
The Nazi war criminal was suspected to have spent six weeks in Ireland under an assumed name
The 1985 Family Planning Act saw contraceptives made legal for over-18s without a prescription from selected outlets for the first time.
In battling David Norris’ claims that Irish homosexuality laws were in breach of his human rights, the government was considering all kinds of defences.
The letter was sent from Drimnagh in Dublin.
The border in Lough Foyle caused some serious debate.
Rumours about looted art in the Kilmacthomas estate persisted for years.
The UK Prime Minister was determined not to let them take down the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Aerobics in particular. And not just because of the 80s legwarmers.
The government wouldn’t support the idea.
Some things never change with The Late Late Show coming out on top.
Ten years after his death Ireland still wasn’t at all sure what was to be done with Dev’s classic car.
The planning officer for Dublin city and country wanted the one mile restriction between pubs abolished in favour of half mile limits.
An enormous scam to rig postal voting in the north-western county took place. Fortunately, the scammers weren’t all that subtle…
Carroll Industries threatened to stop investing in businesses if new laws come in
Talk about tarring us all with the same brush.
Douglas Hurd struggled to keep up with our own Peter Barry it seems.
The then Taoiseach even reached out to his nemesis Charles Haughey in an attempt to stymie Gerry Adams’ party.
The process was known as ‘shedding’.
An official wanted a redress scheme kept well away from the Taoiseach’s department.
The damage being done with stolen cars in particular had the population terrified.
The government wanted to stop using them as part of efforts to rid them from Northern Ireland.
Garret Fitzgerald got quite a bit when he signed the Anglo-Irish agreement.
The government needed to make savings in 1985, and RTE was very much in the firing line.
Former Tánaiste Dick Spring talks about the tensions and troubles of 1985.
And they were very worried about the legal ramifications of it.
The memo was sent to the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher back in 1985.
Garret Fitzgerald said the New York meeting was the most tense he has as Taoiseach outside Ireland.
The protest of Dunnes workers against South Africa’s apartheid regime was one of the most compelling stories of 1985.
Mrs Thatcher was not a fan of Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
The government of the time was not one bit happy at the thought of sex shops coming to these shores either.
Documents released under the 30-year rule show the public interest in the tragedies.
Plus: What was the lowest temperature in Ireland this week?
Including varnishing, carpets, ceiling tiles and “general cleaning up”.
A rep from Iranian TV wanted a video from Ireland for broadcasting.
Newly released documents show the Government had ‘no intention’ to get involved in the crew’s case against the UK.
In some schools smoking in the classroom was “an accepted practice”.