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State Papers
British government came under pressure from Sinn Féin in 2000 to give immunity to republicans who were ‘on the run’ for offences from before the Belfast Agreement
Difference in fuel prices meant terrorists could profit by buying fuel in Republic and bringing it across Border, said Northern Ireland secretary Mandelson
State papers: Newly-released files show how the signatories to the Belfast Agreement came to view it as the least worst option
State papers: Ahern viewed riots and disturbances around Holy Cross school in 2001 as sign of a ‘deeper malaise’ in Northern Ireland
State papers: After visiting refugee camps in Somalia the president gave an emotional press conference in which she criticised the UN’s approach to the camps and did not hide her anger about conditions
Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island
State papers: Canadian diplomat could not understand how ‘someone of Gerry Adams’s intellect’ failed to recognise benefits to Sinn Féin of decommissioning
State papers: An MP colleague also remarked that Mandelson’s tunnel vision was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness
Civil servants feared it would anger Sinn Féin and put the progress of the peace process in jeopardy
State papers: 60% of Northern Ireland would be incorporated into the Republic, leaving just one of the North’s six counties fully intact, under proposal
State papers: Justice minister sought ‘pre-emptive round-up’ of 150 dissident republicans
Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace
Senior Sinn Féin and unionist politicians set up ‘secret group’ to discuss deadlock in peace process
State papers: UUP leader David Trimble was seemingly unaware of meetings being held in 2001 with members of his own party
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