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About half of all fuel sold in Northern Ireland was being smuggled from the Republic, according to declassified papers — with some petrol stations making the equivalent of £10,737 profit for every illicit load.
An American man attempted to get a government minister to write to Ulster University in an attempt to increase his chance of getting an honorary degree, according to declassified files.
The Head of the Civil Service was appalled at the “outrageous sum” being quoted for journalist Jon Snow to lead a seminar to prepare Stormont’s new ministers for office after the Good Friday Agreement.
Almost a year before the DUP appointed its first Executive ministers, the NIO privately knew Ian Paisley’s party was planning to take up the positions regardless of whether the IRA decommissioned, declassified government files reveal.
A mix of the good, the bad and the bizarre who made the news in Northern Ireland this year, ranked from 50 to 26.