Called to the Bar
“Three Irish presidents have been barristers: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson,” writes author and academic Niamh Howlin in her...
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John Downing: Jacques Delors – the EU strongman who fought the good fight for small nations like us
Jacques Delors had real difficulties containing his anger as he faced a small group of Irish reporters in the foyer of the EU Commission headquarters. It was mid-October 1993 and he had just finished a meeting with Irish foreign affairs minister, Dick Spring, who had flown to Brussels in a hurry to meet the commission president over a rapidly unravelling deal on Ireland’s regional and social grant allocation.
Source: independent.ie
Colin Sheridan: The dystopian predictions about 1984 largely failed to materialise...
1984 was a seminal year in Ireland. Forty years on, our writers look back at some of the scandals and stories that made the headlines and helped shape the Ireland of today
Source: irishexaminer.com
'Deeply insecure, bullying, awful': Who said what about whom in the State papers – The Irish Times
State papers published this week include confidential records showing what civil servants really thought about the North’s political leaders
Source: irishtimes.com
Mayhew confessed to thinking Northern job would be 'relatively undemanding' – The Irish Times
Former Northern secretary saw the UUP leader David Trimble as ‘a deeply insecure leader’
Source: irishtimes.com
Tony Blair wanted to have 'a good time' during 1993 trip to Ireland, ideally involving U2
The much more serious matter of the peace process in Northern Ireland was also part of the agenda.
Source: thejournal.ie
State papers 1993-2003: What files are being released this week?
Official records from Dublin, Belfast and London cover years dominated by planning scandals, the dawn of the Celtic Tiger and a new start for Northern Ireland
Source: irishtimes.com
State Papers 1993: Whispers of peace in the North, glory at Eurovision and Mary met the queen
It was a year of monumental firsts, historic breakthroughs – and horrific throwbacks to the darkest days of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Source: independent.ie
Dick Spring: 'I don't want to sound like I'm lecturing or hectoring young people' – The Irish Times
Having helped pave the way for the Downing Street Declaration and peace in Northern Ireland, the former Labour leader is wary of being seen to preach to generations with no memory of the Troubles
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Tras Honan obituary: A 'natural politician' and first female cathaoirleach of the Seanad – The Irish Times
Known for her ‘old-school blunt and direct analysis of the state of the nation’, her love of people and as a role model for younger female politicians
Source: irishtimes.com