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# state papers 1988

All time
'It would be disastrous': People wrote to government in 1988 over concerns of a seal cull in Co Mayo
Concerns were raised by women in 1986 over waiting times for cervical smear tests results
'Wasteful' proposals smacked down in 1987 departmental row over Dublin Millennium expenses
'A mad priest careering around Europe': Haughey and Thatcher clash over IRA clergyman