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State Papers: British Irish Council could be viewed as 'unionist presentational trick'

Éamon Phoenix

OFFICIALS wanted a `sexy' and theatrical launch for the new British-Irish Council believing it could evolve into a significant institution that would hold the union together.

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Éamon Phoenix 29 Dec, 2021

MARTIN McGuinness and David Ervine had a face to face confrontation at the Good Friday Agreement talks.

John Hume: Bertie Ahern's prediction of united Ireland in 20 years a 'stupid remark'

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JOHN Hume described Bertie Ahern's prediction of a united Ireland in 20 years as a "stupid remark".

Sinn Féin opposed Stormont as location for Assembly

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SINN Féin was opposed to the use of Parliament Buildings at Stormont as the permanent home of the new Northern Ireland Assembly.

David Trimble pressed for tougher security measures after 1998 Omagh bomb

Éamon Phoenix 29 Dec, 2021

FIRST Minister and UUP leader David Trimble pressed the British Government for tougher security legislation following the Omagh bomb in August 1998.

IRA decommissioning key issue in 1998

Éamon Phoenix 29 Dec, 2021

THE problem of how to achieve IRA decommissioning dominated declassified files from 1998.

Limited Orange Order march through Portadown accompanied by nationalist residents 'might solve Drumcree dispute'

Éamon Phoenix 29 Dec, 2021

A LIMITED Orange Order march through Portadown accompanied by nationalist residents might solve Drumcree dispute, it was suggested.

Orange Order 'charm offensive' in run up to Drumcree 1997

Éamon Phoenix 29 Dec, 2021

THE Orange Order was subjected to a virtual ‘charm offensive’ in the run up to Drumcree 1997.

Real IRA not ‘overly active', Bertie Ahern told Tony Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb

Dominic McGrath, PA 30 Nov, 2021

Mr Ahern shared intelligence on the paramilitary group, composed of former Provisional IRA members who opposed the ceasefire and the peace process.

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