# 1986
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Upset
Stunning scenes as USA sensationally fail to reach World Cup for first time since 1986
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The Clontibret affair
The night Peter Robinson and a gang of masked loyalists invaded a Co Monaghan village
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Jan 21st 2017, 10:00 PM
State Papers
1938 Ireland: Post office clerk fired after £10 disappeared and he bought new suits and a bicycle
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Jan 3rd 2017, 7:30 PM
Word processing problems
The government brought in word processors in the 1980s - and civil servants weren't too happy
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Jan 3rd 2017, 7:00 PM
taking responsibility
Irish ambassador said Russians blaming Chernobyl staff was a 'typical Soviet tactic'
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Jan 3rd 2017, 6:30 AM
1986 state papers
The Government opposed giving any special money to help people left devastated by Hurricane Charley
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Jan 2nd 2017, 6:00 PM
let me entertain you
The secret songs, pleading letters, and big name snubs of Ireland's plans to entertain Ronald Reagan
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Jan 1st 2017, 4:00 PM
Divorce referendum
'Doomed to live alone': Mother pleads with Garret FitzGerald for divorce referendum
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Jan 1st 2017, 1:00 PM
1986 state paprs
Ireland's death penalty was a 'quaint throwback' but not everyone wanted to get rid of it
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Jan 1st 2017, 8:00 AM
flight 182
Ireland risked a PR disaster by billing for post mortems following the Air India 747 bombing
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Jan 1st 2017, 6:30 AM
State Papers
1984: Letters from UK praise Irish people for their 'warm humanity' and generosity after Band Aid
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Dec 31st 2016, 10:15 PM
War games
'Play your war games somewhere else': Anger as submarines caused havoc for Irish fishing industry in 1986
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Dec 31st 2016, 10:00 PM
getting rid of the gallows
30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executed
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Dec 31st 2016, 9:45 PM
lovely fags ban
Ireland tried to ban smoking in public in 1986 - and Big Tobacco was not impressed
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Dec 31st 2016, 8:15 PM
padre free-o
Government urged to help free priest charged with murder of Filipino mayor
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Dec 31st 2016, 7:30 PM
there you go
Aran sweaters, Avoca rugs and Waterford Crystal Statue of Liberty: Gifts Taoiseach gave Ronald Reagan
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Dec 31st 2016, 7:00 PM
hello boys and girls
'It outsold U2' - an album of Bosco songs was one of RTÉ's biggest hits in 1984
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Dec 31st 2016, 4:00 PM
what's the big idea?
'Sell water to Saudi Arabia and turf to England': A Londoner's advice to Garret FitzGerald
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Dec 31st 2016, 3:00 PM
sudden spike
1986: The levels of radioactive material in Irish water, milk and vegetables following Chernobyl
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Dec 30th 2016, 6:00 PM
State Papers
1986: Mother of four abused by husband writes letter to Taoiseach outlining need for divorce
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Dec 30th 2016, 1:00 PM
1986
Irish politicians really wanted Bob Geldof to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Dec 30th 2016, 11:21 AM
pen pals
A Donegal child wrote a letter to Garret FitzGerald in 1984 having a sly dig at Charlie Haughey
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Dec 30th 2016, 9:30 AM
1986 state papers
Government investigated whether Josef Mengele spent time in Ireland after World War II
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Dec 30th 2016, 7:15 AM
divine argument
'A punishment from God's own hand' - the Irish got Biblical in their objections to 1985's contraception law
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Dec 30th 2016, 6:45 AM
norris v ireland
Government considered using 'AIDS argument' in David Norris gay rights case
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Dec 30th 2016, 6:45 AM
well pleased
Enda fan wrote to 1986 Taoiseach to say people in the west happy with Kenny's latest appointment
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Jan 3rd 2016, 10:33 AM
Simon Harris
So just how young is the country's youngest junior minister?... The Edge has hats that are older
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Jul 15th 2014, 9:47 PM