State papers: Adare Manor wanted to host USSR-US summit

Department of Foreign Affairs chief of protocol said ‘standard of service was not adequate for a meeting of this type’

Rugby tour to apartheid South Africa in 1989 branded ‘obscene’

Government and public condemnation forced rugby body to apologise and vow never to play in the country while apartheid laws remained

Miriam Lord: Broadband is all Labour’s idea, Varadkar tells a stunned Howlin

Taoiseach reckons if you can’t get Opposition to support the plan, then make them own it

Mayhew was criticised by both sides over shoot-to-kill decision

British colleagues also perplexed by ‘national security’ reason for lack of prosecutions

Police chiefs in North said there was no law ‘against telling lies’

John Stalker affair and shoot-to-kill policy cover-up were major topics of conversation

Jennifer O’Connell: ‘Penneys has a special on Open To Meeting Someone underwear. Five for €3.50’

It’s convenient how Official Ireland chooses whether women are to be judged from the neckline up, or the belt down, based on the context

Great Outdoors moving to South Great George’s Street

Move will see clothing and equipment supplier open flagship store next to Five Guys

Taoiseach leads large attendance at Cosgrave funeral

Three surviving ministers who served under former taoiseach present

I thought I was Irish – until I did a DNA test

A ‘just for fun’ home test kit produced results that changed the lives of two families

Helmut Kohl was forever grateful for Irish support during EU presidency

Chancellor paid tribute in 1996 to Charles Haughey’s role in German unity process

Landlord found decomposed remains in Dublin apartment

Inquest hears cause of man’s death unknown but no evidence of injury or trauma

Margaret Thatcher angered by Irish ‘inaction on terrorism’

Anglo-Irish Agreement appeared a ‘hollow sham’ after delay of IRA suspect extradition

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Lenihan sought terrorism ‘crack down’ after Enniskillen bombing

Declassified 1987 files detail Anglo-Irish security meeting after bombing which killed 11