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Finding a ‘face-saving’ name for the new NI police force; Trinity College Dublin takes offence; and Casement’s ‘black diaries’
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State papers: Former NI first minister grew increasingly frustrated during 2000 and 2001 as the IRA refused to decommission
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State papers: British officials also raised issue of prisoner release, saying ‘life of a Garda’ could not be valued differently from that of a UK policeman
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State papers: ‘British intelligence are reportedly fearful that this disclosure could dwarf the Rosemary Nelson scandal,’ note Department of Justice files
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson warned that David Trimble was hanging onto the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party “by a knife edge”.