Patrick Mayhew
Fionnuala O Connor: As state papers from key period in history show, bias is in all of us
Readers of this paper, it is safe to say, tend to include an impressive number interested, even fascinated, by history.
Looming Drumcree dominated inter-government summit in 1997
INTER-party talks, security and the issue of contentious parades dominated a final meeting of the Inter-Governmental Conference in Dublin in March 1997 before general elections in the UK and the Republic.
Bill Clinton was 'more forthcoming' to nationalists than British wanted
US President Bill Clinton was "more forthcoming" to nationalists than the Northern Ireland Office wanted, declassified files show.
Orange Order berated Sir Patrick Mayhew over 'cannibals' remark
THE Orange Order berated Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew after he said the actions of Orangemen at a parade in south Belfast "would have disgraced a race of cannibals".
Gardaí 'told RUC just enough to prevent RUC lives from being lost'
THE British view that cross-border security cooperation from Dublin was inadequate was raised by the British attorney general and future NI secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew in a letter to the foreign secretary Douglas Hurd.
State papers: Pressure for Irish Language Act from Irish government in 1992
THE ongoing dispute between the DUP and Sinn Féin over an Irish Language Act is prefigured in previously confidential files released today in Belfast.
Death of secretary of state Lord Patrick Mayhew who oversaw IRA ceasefire negotiations
THE former Tory secretary of state who oversaw Britain's secret negotiations with the IRA ahead of the 1994 ceasefire and declared that Britain had no "selfish strategic or economic interest" in remaining in the north has died.
Ex-Northern Ireland Secretary of State Patrick Mayhew dies
FORMER Conservative Cabinet minister Lord Mayhew, who served as attorney general and Northern Ireland secretary during critical moments for both posts, has died at the age of 86, his family said.