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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three surviving ministers who served under former taoiseach present

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

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

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

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

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