Sunday 17 January, 2021
Danny Jones and his son Jordan came from Liverpool and are willing to stay outside for the night ahead of tomorrow’s ceremonies.
The bell of the clock tower was last silenced for former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.
The Roddy Doyle play was due to be launched next week.
‘Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead’ made number two in the UK singles charts; here’s how the BBC treated the news…
Here’s our round-up of the best, the most interesting and the most commented-on pieces from the past week. Did you make it in?
The broadcaster is under pressure to ban the song which has surged up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday.
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
With the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste unavailable, it will be Education Minister Ruairí Quinn who attends the late British Prime Minister’s funeral next week.
In an interview with a Fermanagh newspaper, Adams also said he forgave the former British Prime Minister.
“For me that is our only remembrance at the game on Saturday.”
MPs paid tribute to the late Prime Minister in a special Commons and Lords debate today.
All three versions of the song, Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead qualify for the charts under industry rules.
In Ireland, we tend to think of Margaret Thatcher as either the prime minister who let the hunger strikers die or the pragmatist who signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement. David McCann wonders if this is too narrow a view.
The honours afforded to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will be equivalent to those given to the Queen Mother and Princess Diana.
Cricket Ireland said they would consider “appropriate disciplinary action” against John Mooney.
Assassination attempts, the Hunger Strikes, and historic agreements were just some of the events involving Britain and Ireland that took place during the Iron Lady’s 11 years as Prime Minister.
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
Britain’s first female prime minister died today at the age of 87. The reaction on Twitter was somewhat mixed…
She was nothing if not consistent.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he was saddened to hear of the death of the “formidable political leader”.
The President said he was “sorry to learn of the death of Lady Thatcher” and extended his condolences to her family.
Miners’ strikes, IRA bombings, the Falklands invasion and the threat of Brussels…
The late former British PM “did great hurt to the Irish and British people”, says the Sinn Féin president in a strongly-worded statement
Britain’s first female prime minister died following a stroke this morning.
The former Conservative leader and three-time prime minister suffered a stroke and died peacefully, a spokesman says.
British documents reveal the countries desire to make sure that President Reagan’s visit in 1982 materialised.
One of the most controversial incidents of the Falklands War saw a change in the Irish government’s approach to the conflict and a considerable backlash from the British media and public.
Suggestions that Ireland would not support British efforts to ostracise Argentina after its invasion of the Falklands in April 1982 were met with warnings from diplomats in London.
The 87-year-old former leader has suffered a number of health problems in recent years.
The 87-year-old former leader has suffered a number of health problems in recent years.
BBC’s Newsnight last night aired a report in which two men said they had been abused by a Conservative politician – but the programme did not name him.
Patrick Nulty, who lost the Labour whip last December, has said he always opposed the party going into government with Fine Gael and criticised Leo Varadkar’s comments about public sector pay increments.
Promotional material for the sale of the former home of ex-Taoiseach Charles Haughey incorrectly stated that Margaret Thatcher and Colonel Gaddafi were once guests at the mansion.
It once played host to Luciano Pavarotti…
Today marks 23 years since 96 Liverpool supporters died at Hillsborough. Sheila Coleman writes on the ongoing battle for justice for the families and survivors of that fateful day.
Former British PM Margaret Thatchter had kept the sketches among her personal papers.
Documents disclosed by the BBC detail the views of senior police officers at the time that Liverpool fans had caused the 1989 stadium disaster when an inquiry later found the failure of police crowd control had been the main cause.
