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# State Papers

All time
The man who let the Taoiseach know exactly what he thought about Jack the Ripper being Irish
1 Jan 2016
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13
That time an Irish minister got the UK's Northern Secretary so hammered he had to be walked around a park
31 Dec 2015
38.7k
11
Garret FitzGerald really, really did not like Sinn Féin in 1985
31 Dec 2015
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Irish prisons ran out of overtime cash in 1984 - so they started letting prisoners go early
31 Dec 2015
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8
State Papers 1985: Garret Fitzgerald's government wasn't too keen on helping Stardust victims
31 Dec 2015
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28
30 years ago, Dublin was a crime-riddled joyrider's paradise
31 Dec 2015
22.8k
37
Governor warned of potential 'bloodbath' among IRA prisoners if rubber bullets were removed
31 Dec 2015
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1
'Say the daily rosary': This is the kind of fan mail you get when you're Taoiseach
30 Dec 2015
14.3k
11
Irish people really didn't like paying for their TV licence 30 years ago
30 Dec 2015
15.4k
64
'It wasn't long after the hunger strikes... mayhem on the streets and we realised that something had to be done.'
30 Dec 2015
11.2k
66
The government wanted to launch a phone-tapping bill in 1985...
30 Dec 2015
8.3k
23
David Cameron adviser apologises over 'offensive' 1985 memo about black rioters
30 Dec 2015
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49
An Archbishop, a Taoiseach and an angry face-off over IRA violence and 'genocide'
30 Dec 2015
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138
30 years ago Dunnes Stores was involved in ANOTHER workers' dispute... one that shook the world
30 Dec 2015
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13
When Maggie dropped some epic shade on Garret FitzGerald...
30 Dec 2015
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29
Pornography being shown in pubs had the government in a fluster 30 years ago
30 Dec 2015
25.7k
25
Womanhood on trial: The letters received by the Taoiseach during the Kerry Babies saga
30 Dec 2015
24.4k
30
Mrs Brown, tourists, and the Luas: The week in numbers
3 Jan 2015
10.0k
4
What did Ronald Reagan eat on his visit to Ireland?
3 Jan 2015
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24
Government Buildings got a lick of paint when Ronald Reagan came to visit
3 Jan 2015
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13
Iran wanted films of the Irish struggle... we wanted to send them nature docs
3 Jan 2015
16.1k
26
The day an Irish fishing boat was sunk by a British submarine
1 Jan 2015
40.0k
51
Back in 1984 the Government was worried about banning smoking in classrooms
1 Jan 2015
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47
Government was worried about hiking up tax on booze in 1984 because we were so broke...
1 Jan 2015
11.3k
17
Could Britain's State Papers give a 'one-sided' view of Anglo-Irish history?
30 Dec 2014
8.3k
20
British spies had "excellent relations" with gardaí
30 Dec 2014
13.4k
138
Stop it! RTÉ was told to stop jamming pirate radio stations
30 Dec 2014
13.1k
21
Thirty years ago, a Fine Gael government was worried that Sinn Féin 'could deliver'
30 Dec 2014
8.8k
51
Were there nuclear missiles stored in Northern Ireland?
29 Dec 2014
18.8k
44
This American lady begged the Prime Minister to save the leprechaun
29 Dec 2014
18.3k
20
Ads for Transformer toys and Barbie's Star Traveller were a big worry in the 1980s....
28 Dec 2014
15.9k
13
Water cannons could be "more lethal than plastic bullets". That's what the UK told Ireland...
28 Dec 2014
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77
Ireland wanted to sell water to Saudi Arabia for $5 a barrel in the 1980s
28 Dec 2014
20.3k
106
Thatcher in '84: 'The Irish don't like to move, but they're all terribly happy to move to Britain'
27 Dec 2014
69.1k
163
"I would have preferred not to have seen Mr Browne at all"
27 Dec 2014
30.0k
37
This man warned that Ireland could end up needing a bailout... 30 years ago
27 Dec 2014
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37
In 1983 there was a chance a Soviet spy satellite would fall on Ireland
27 Dec 2014
9.2k
12
Thousands of Northern refugees streamed over the border in the 1970s - some were called "ungrateful"
27 Dec 2014
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76
The secret note that revealed how much Margaret Thatcher trusted Garret Fitzgerald
27 Dec 2014
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38
This 1984 memo to the Taoiseach is why you can't buy bangers at Halloween
27 Dec 2014
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