Jesus fucking Christ. The Albert Reynolds government in 1994 ignored the Attorney General's advice, misled the Dáil, and (it seems) threw the AG under the bus - and for what? To protect an absolutely horrific monster? Someone else?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1229/1550559-belief-ff-ministers-intended-to-mislead-dail-over-smyth/

#IEPol #StatePapers #MastoDaoine

The State Papers: does anyone know why some of the papers are more recent (e.g. 9/11 in 2001) and some are older (e.g. the divorce referendum in 1997)? Are foreign affairs matters under a shorter timeframe?

#MastoDaoine #StatePapers

[01:01] Six more things we learnt from the State Papers

Every year, the release of State Papers around Christmas time draws a flurry of interest as stories that many may have forgotten resurface.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1228/1487190-state-papers-six-more-things/

#Everyyear #StatePapers #aroundChristmas

lol lmao "Blair wanted to 'race through' meetings with unionists but would have to 'listen to their whinges'"

https://www.thejournal.ie/tony-blair-unionist-whinges-6566964-Dec2024/

#StatePapers #MastoDaoine #NorthernIreland

[01:01] Five more things we learnt from the State Papers

Jack Lynch was concerned over James Joyce's repatriation cost, opposition to naming IRA Army Council and unionists didn't take Nuala O'Loan seriously because 'she was a Catholic woman' are among other files in this year's State Papers.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1227/1487071-state-papers-five-things-we-learned/

#JackLynch #JamesJoyce's #IRAArmyCouncil #NualaO'Loan #Catholic #year #StatePapers

[01:01] British general called Saville Inquiry 'cynical move'

The top British soldier in Northern Ireland was so enraged by the establishment of a new inquiry into Bloody Sunday that he launched an extraordinary attack on his own government, accusing it of a "cynical political move", according to newly released State Papers.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1227/1487064-bloody-sunday-state-papers/

#British #NorthernIreland #Bloody #Sunday #StatePapers

[01:01] What have we learnt from the State Papers?

The presents have all been opened, the selection boxes are finished and the last of the turkey sandwiches have been made. So, it must be time to take a look at the annual release of State Papers.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1227/1487056-state-papers-overview/

#annual #StatePapers