# 1985 state papers
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sea war
The IRA bombing of two ships led to an Irish/British dispute over territorial waters
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Dark Past
How a notorious Nazi war criminal was banned from his picturesque Waterford hideaway
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Jan 2nd 2016, 5:00 PM
you shall not pass
The government was very concerned with bike tyres in 1985
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Jan 2nd 2016, 8:30 AM
damned aerobics
Ireland was terrified that exercise could be the end of us all in the early 1980s...
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Jan 1st 2016, 10:00 PM
patron saint
Does St Patrick deserve his own flag? An enterprising Kerryman thought he did
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Jan 1st 2016, 7:30 PM
dev's car
An English car enthusiast made a play for Eamon de Valera's Rolls Royce in 1985
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Jan 1st 2016, 3:00 PM
no qualms
This letter is most blatant Big Tobacco threat to a Taoiseach you're likely to see
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Jan 1st 2016, 7:00 AM
not impressed
The man who let the Taoiseach know exactly what he thought about Jack the Ripper being Irish
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Jan 1st 2016, 6:10 AM
that's how we roll
That time an Irish minister got the UK's Northern Secretary so hammered he had to be walked around a park
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Dec 31st 2015, 9:30 PM
Mansion House
Garret FitzGerald really, really did not like Sinn Féin in 1985
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Dec 31st 2015, 8:15 PM
off you go so
Irish prisons ran out of overtime cash in 1984 - so they started letting prisoners go early
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Dec 31st 2015, 6:00 PM
State Papers
30 years ago, Dublin was a crime-riddled joyrider's paradise
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Dec 31st 2015, 7:15 AM
1985 state papers
'Say the daily rosary': This is the kind of fan mail you get when you're Taoiseach
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Dec 30th 2015, 10:00 PM
State Papers
Irish people really didn't like paying for their TV licence 30 years ago
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Dec 30th 2015, 6:30 PM
someone's listening
The government wanted to launch a phone-tapping bill in 1985...
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Dec 30th 2015, 11:30 AM