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It was noted that ‘the unionists did not want their faces rubbed’ in the fact that there would not be a dual name for the police force.

All paramilitary groups were to decommission by May 2000 under the Good Friday Agreement.

All paramilitary groups were to decommission by May 2000 under the Good Friday Agreement.

It was noted that ‘the unionists did not want their faces rubbed’ in the fact that there would not be a dual name for the police force.

It was noted that ‘the unionists did not want their faces rubbed’ in the fact that there would not be a dual name for the police force.

It was noted that ‘the unionists did not want their faces rubbed’ in the fact that there would not be a dual name for the police force.

Newly released 1999 briefing by Irish civil servant reveals lack of trust during tense peace negotiations

The then US president was taken aback in a phone call with Mr Blair in January 2000 when it was conveyed that decommissioning would miss the deadline.

Finding a ‘face-saving’ name for the new NI police force; Trinity College Dublin takes offence; and Casement’s ‘black diaries’

Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams had a row at a high-profile meeting at the White House over paramilitary decommissioning nearly two years after the Good Friday Agreement.