Irish government ruled out McAleese meeting with loyalist protesters at Catholic school
State papers: Ahern viewed riots and disturbances around Holy Cross school in 2001 as sign of a ‘deeper malaise’ in Northern Ireland
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State papers: Ahern viewed riots and disturbances around Holy Cross school in 2001 as sign of a ‘deeper malaise’ in Northern Ireland
Northern Secretary Mo Mowlam was concerned that high-profile British, American and Irish politicians campaigning to promote the Good Friday Agreement in the North could have the opposite impact to that intended and might run the risk of antagonising some voters.
State papers: An MP colleague also remarked that Mandelson’s tunnel vision was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness
State papers published this week include confidential records showing what civil servants really thought about the North’s political leaders
Finding a ‘face-saving’ name for the new NI police force; Trinity College Dublin takes offence; and Casement’s ‘black diaries’