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EEC wanted us to put the clocks back on the second Sunday in October, sending us into dark winter evenings earlier.
The Sinn Féin leader said claims in State papers that Sands offered to end his hunger strike would be “totally out of character”.
The State papers, released under the 30-year rule, also show that the owners of the Stardust asked the Government to pay their legal fees for appearing at a tribunal of inquiry into the tragedy.
Gaddafi’s intervention in the hunger strikes, Thatcher’s concessions and an advisor to Charlie Haughey who wasn’t best pleased with the state broadcaster. All revealed today…
New documents released under the 30-year rule give an insight into some previously unknown occurrences in 1981, such as Bobby Sands allegedly offering to suspend his hunger strike.
The Taoiseach was worried about how newspapers kept getting details of matters discussed in cabinet, and prepared for court.
Parties tabled a bill that would have led to a divorce referendum as early as 1980 – six years before one was held.
The government withdrew funding for the Olympic Council of Ireland for participating in Moscow 1980, and opposed the Lions tour to SA.
Charles Haughey and Brian Lenihan Sr were given plans detailing a potential Irish-Arab Bank to fund government spending.
Charlie Haughey’s government cancelled plans to build him a £725k mansion – and was angry when RTÉ didn’t cover it.