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Peter Robinson was “well aware” that DUP support for an independent unionist candidate in the 2001 General Election would see the Fermanagh-South Tyrone seat go to Sinn Féin, according to a civil servant who discussed the issue with the then MP.
The south Armagh watchtowers had a function which was so secretive that British security agencies did not even tell America what they really did, according to declassified Government files.
Tony Blair worked behind the scenes to avoid a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane after a conversation with the head of MI5 made a significant impression on the Prime Minister, a Government file has revealed.
Sir — One week on from a well-intentioned ESRI study declaring that 67.3pc of people in the Republic live in homes that are too big for their needs, homeowners of a certain vintage could be forgiven for an unmerited feeling of being partially to blame for the housing crisis.
A series of thefts linked to a Belfast missile factory caused the intervention of the Ministry of Defence and MI5, previously secret files reveal.