Sunday 19 September, 2021
An Irish official relayed that ambassador Sir Nicholas Fenn explained Thatcher had been speaking with a “certain sense of exasperation”.
Ireland and the UK disagreed over how to handle the case of Fr Patrick Ryan, and the US considered intervening, State papers reveal.
The songwriter disagreed with how Thatcher treated hunger strikers and miners in the 1980s.
The statue is planned for her hometown of Grantham.
Ireland had built up a valuable beef export partnership with Libya.
The frank assessment came in meeting between the pair in The Hague in 1986.
Journalist Tony Evans discusses the 1985-86 season, and the long-lasting consequences that the events surrounding it had on English football.
Details of the row about extradition procedures have been revealed in freshly released state papers.
The British Prime Minister might demote Boris Johnson in a cabinet reshuffle.
Some came from very humble beginnings.
Nigel Lawson – father of Nigella – is now chairman of the Vote Leave campaign.
The UK Prime Minister was determined not to let them take down the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Mrs Thatcher was not a fan of Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin are not impressed with the Health Minister’s latest comments.
Howe, former chancellor of the exchequer among other things, has died from a heart attack aged 88.
But the lady is not for turning on the cut to the one-parent family payment.
An incredible friendship grew from the aftermath of the Brighton bombing.
The PM’s comments have been revealed in newly released state documents.
A steering note before Garret Fitzgerald’s meeting with Margaret Thatcher shows us how she was “by political preference” a Unionist.
And not for the first time either.
Speaking on the Tubridy programme today, Jo Berry, daughter of a Conservative MP killed in the Brighton bombing, described how she came to find forgiveness and understanding.
The Brighton bombing was “the most audacious attack on a British government” in nearly 400 years.
The plan was revealed by British state papers released under the 30 year rule.
State Papers show he planned to ‘bait’ Margaret Thatcher into talks on reunification using the plan.
Departments conversed internally about who should pay the cost which reached more than £8,000.
From Commander Hadfield to Batkid, here are the most striking photographs from 2013.
Got a spare ten minutes to watch our nomination for least balanced ‘documentary’ of 2013?
A plaque with the inscription “Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013″ was placed at the site where she was laid to rest in the grounds of a military nursing home.
Jessie J! Margaret Thatcher! The Queen! They’ve all got beards!
Everyone’s talking about the looming Dublin Bus strike, the horrific car crash in Donegal and what the son of Bishop Eamon Casey had to say about Gay Byrne…
John Mooney quickly apologised for the ‘derogatory’ message about the former British PM.
David Koch of Channel Seven says Boston’s Irish population may link the Marathon bombings to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.
Margaret Thatcher normalised female success, challenging the prevailing orthodoxy that women were unsuited to the pursuit of power, but mechanisms, such as electoral gender quotas would have been anathema to her, writes Margaret O’Keefe.
Reflecting how divisive the former prime minister was during her political life, supporters and detractors turned out for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral this morning.
Former Labour minister Peter Mandelson said Thatcher gave him the advice on the day he was appointed Secretary for Northern Ireland.
Big Ben’s bell was silenced as Margaret Thatcher’s coffin was driven through the streets of London.
2,300 people will attend the ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral, with 4,000 police officers and 700 military personnel on duty.
