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Can well believe Bertie was against the ‘Ethics in Public Office’ bill being drafted by Dick Spring. #StatePapers 🇮🇪.

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5 things we learned from Day 3 of State Papers We have reached the penultimate day of this year's State Paper release - and today carries a bit of a sporting theme. Two of today's main stories centre around the Republic of Ireland national team.

More great yarns from the #StatePapers today on @news.rte.ie from @ocionnaith.bsky.social, Evelyn O’Rourke and @harrymanningrte.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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The #statepapers release hits different for the years you remember.

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Chinese panda's Dublin trip may have led to its death Chinese officials suggested that a trip by a giant panda to Dublin Zoo may have contributed to its death, according to a new file released under the State Papers.

More great #StatePapers coverage on @news.rte.ie this morning from @ocionnaith.bsky.social, @harrymanningrte.bsky.social & Evelyn O’Rourke - I liked this one… www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Explainer: What are the State Papers? The State Papers include letters, communications, private briefing notes, secret government documents, fax messages and e-mails relating to stories from the past.

Great stuff on the #StatePapers on @news.rte.ie from Fiachra O Cionnaith, Evelyn O’Rourke and @harrymanningrte.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...

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ANNALS KING JAMES & CHARLES 1681 Frankland PARLIAMENT SPEECHES CIVIL WARS 1st

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Coverage of #StatePapers will run until New Year’s Eve, in print and online.

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State Papers: Jewish community rebuffed claim that Ireland was antisemitic 80 years ago In 1944, foreshadowing events of 2024, the Jewish Representative Council of Éire described as 'false, irresponsible, and mischievous' a suggestion that Ireland was antisemitic

#StatePapers Jewish community rebuffed the claim that Ireland was anti-semantic 80 years ago

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#StatePapers: Jewish community rebuffed claim that Ireland was antisemitic 80 years ago

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Bruton sceptical SF, SDLP represented nationalist views John Bruton did not believe that Sinn Féin and the SDLP accurately represented the views of ordinary northern nationalists and wanted to carry out opinion polling to find out what they really wanted, ...

John Bruton did not believe that Sinn Féin and the SDLP accurately represented the views of ordinary northern nationalists and wanted to carry out opinion polling to find out what they really wanted.

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1994 State Papers shed little light on FF-Labour collapse This year, perhaps the biggest surprise about the release of material from the 1994 State Papers is the almost complete absence of revelations about the biggest political story of the year, the collap...

Day Four of the #StatePapers - with links to all of today’s stories! www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Holy Cross priest offered accommodation after threats The Irish government offered emergency accommodation to a Catholic priest who received death threats in 2003 after a loyalist protest outside a primary school in north Belfast.

The Irish government offered emergency accommodation to a Catholic priest who received death threats in 2003 after a loyalist protest outside a primary school in north Belfast.

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Day Four: Five other things we learned from State Papers There were only three "adequate" Belfast restaurants in 1998, an Apollo 11 lunar rock was destroyed in a fire and Britain's extraordinary lengths to destroy the reputation of Roger Casement are some o...

More from the Irish #StatePapers

JFK was ‘apathetic’ to ending partition

British gave US copy of Casement’s alleged ‘Black Diaries’

SF 'prevented' anti-Ahern graffiti

Belfast had only three 'adequate' restaurants in 1998, officials told

www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Tourism Ireland plan delayed because David Trimble objected to Britain being called 'overseas' In 2003, then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told Tony Blair the delay was “unacceptable”.

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Tourism Ireland plan delayed because David Trimble objected to Britain being called 'overseas'

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Day Three: Six more things we learnt in the State Papers Here are six more things we learnt we learned from the State Papers.

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Irish Gov not impressed by British Gov’s suggestions for chair of 1992 Strand 2 North /South talks

Former speaker of the House of Commons George Thomas had "a petulant and ‘bitchy’ temperament and does not forgive slights, alleged or real".

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Iran offered 'secret meeting' to help free Brian Keenan Ireland was offered a "secret meeting" with the Iranian president to help in the release of Belfast man Brian Keenan who was taken hostage and held for four years by militia in Lebanon.

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Iran offered Ireland a’secret meeting' to help free Brian Keenan

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SF, govt had 'sharp exchange' over criminality comments IRA involvement in criminality caused continuing difficulties in the peace process throughout 2004 and caused at least one blazing row between Sinn Féin and Irish government ministers, newly released ...

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Sinn Féin & Irish Gov had ‘sharp exchange’ over criminality comments. www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Nazi film Triumph of the Will shown in Dublin’s Olympia - and removed overnight due to threats Department of Justice feared communists in Ireland would target film’s screening

#StatePapers The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, refused to have film reels of the Nazi propaganda film ‘Triumph Of The Will’ stored in its premises overnight, State Papers from 1935 have revealed. The government feared clashes between factions at the time.

www.irishtimes.com/history/2024...

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You know you're old when practically everything in the #StatePapers feels as if it were a week ago

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Six more things we learnt from the State Papers Every year, the release of State Papers around Christmas time draws a flurry of interest as stories that many may have forgotten resurface.

Among the other stories in this year’s #StatePapers - arise, Sir Oliver… www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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British under fire over claim Henry VIII cannons smuggled from Irish waters into Tower of London The guns, which sank with the HMS Post in 1566 near Tramore, were allegedly put on display in London with no reference to their provenance

It’s the Irish version of the Elgin Marbles! British under fire over claim Henry VIII cannons smuggled from Irish waters into Tower of London #statepapers

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024...

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Day Two: Serious and bizarre topics in State Papers The previously confidential government files released this week to the National Archives cover a huge array of subjects, from the serious to the plain bizarre.

Day 2 of #StatePapers, with links to all of today’s stories! www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Irish #statepapers are out

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What have we learnt from the State Papers? The presents have all been opened, the selection boxes are finished and the last of the turkey sandwiches have been made. So, it must be time to take a look at the annual release of State Papers.

Day One of the #StatePapers! With links to all today’s stories… www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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British general called Saville Inquiry 'cynical move' The top British soldier in Northern Ireland was so enraged by the establishment of a new inquiry into Bloody Sunday that he launched an extraordinary attack on his own government, accusing it of a "cy...

#StatePapers : British general called Saville Inquiry 'cynical move'.

www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Loyalist leaders were well-regarded by Dublin, Washington The political representatives of loyalism were well-regarded in Dublin and Washington, with the White House describing them as "a breath of fresh air", according to newly released State papers.

#StatePapers : Loyalist leaders were well-regarded by Dublin, Washington

www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...

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Reynolds told that Yeltsin 'might be worse for wear' Various excuses were offered for Russian president Boris Yeltsin's no-show at Shannon Airport in 1994, he was "indisposed", he was resting after a tiring flight and his bodyguards were too frightened ...

I loved Seán Duignan's description of this episode in his memoir, 'One Spin on the Merry-go-round'

He noted that someone simply told Albert: "Boris is pissed!" 🍺

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RTE news : Reynolds told that Yeltsin 'might be worse for wear'

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