The year the Archbishop refused to bless the NYC parade due to growing 'IRA influence'
Retired journalist Éanna Brophy recalls a tense wait at the Cathedral doors as the choice of grand marshall prompted controversy.
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Retired journalist Éanna Brophy recalls a tense wait at the Cathedral doors as the choice of grand marshall prompted controversy.
A lot has changed over the last 35 years.
Fine Gael women who served as politicians in 1983 joined female politicians from the current Dáil to discuss the Eighth Amendment.
James Prior said the remark during a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Barry in October 1983
The controversial 8th Amendment has just been passed and two heavyweights from the pro-choice and pro-life sides go head-to-head.
The Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism Frank Cluskey thought Ireland should take a restrictive attitude to the manufacturing of military equipment in Ireland.
If they required them, that is. The Fine Gael-led coalition tried to get them back in 1983 after they came to power.
State papers have revealed Mrs Mugabe’s dietary requirements.
Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and Minister Michael Noonan also came under considerable pressure from Nobel Peace Prize winner Seán MacBride.
Iranian sympathies towards the IRA would not develop beyond a symbolic level, the Irish Government believed, adding that the renaming of the road along side the British Embassy after the hunger striker was not to be taken seriously.
Dr Ian Paisley had written on numerous occasions to the Taoiseach about setting up a scheme to help families from Northern Ireland which had loved ones in jail in Ireland.
The Cabinet and the Taoiseach wanted to keep the £2.5 million aeroplane.
An internal memo from the Department of Foreign Affairs shows the government wanted to “cover themselves in the event of anything going wrong” at Windscale.
A letter in the National Archives reveals details of a meeting between the pair at the Central Remedial Clinic in the 1980s.
But he was given an official lunch, multiple tete-a-tetes with the Taoiseach and security detail.
The Bishop of Clonfert was also given unfettered access to the Attorney General in the lead up to the abortion referendum.
There were “obvious objections to having two prisoners in one cell – the most common objection being that it facilitates homosexuality”.
State Papers show he planned to ‘bait’ Margaret Thatcher into talks on reunification using the plan.
Let’s look at a government bill from when Robert Mugabe visited this island.
One prisoner lost his front teeth, reveals secret documents held in the Department of the Taoiseach.
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs wanted to allow the broadcaster to interview Sinn Féin representatives during the British elections in 1983 – but he wanted something in return.
In the late 70s and early 80s, there were also a number of complaints about about inappropriate content in men’s magazines.
Departments conversed internally about who should pay the cost which reached more than £8,000.
With the gardaí in crisis after the retirement of its two most senior officers over the phone tapping scandal, one former officer had some advice for Garret FitzGerald.
The then-US Vice President wanted to influence Anglo-Irish relations, but timing prevented it.
It was a hot topic of discussion whether Taoiseach Fitzgerald should raise the issue of the detained air force officers with Mugabe during his visit.
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A 1980s state paper advised the Department of Justice to increase security as it would not look good for the country if he was harmed while visiting Ireland.
Here’s how the current Ceann Comhairle, Seán Barrett, played a key role in opening-up the Dáil to broadcasters.
“The increase…would also increase the amount of IMF credit potentially available to Ireland should circumstances ever arise…”
Using first-hand materials gathered from the National Archives, we take a look at what happened before and after the contentious vote in 1983.
17 extracts from Peter Sutherland’s advice which predicted many of the issues Ireland has seen over the past 30 years.
The Fine Gael-led government’s insistence in 1983 that two senior garda officers were not forced to retire over the phone tapping scandal is at odds with State papers released this month.
What was the phone tapping scandal? TheJournal.ie takes a step back in time and examines what was arguably the biggest political scandal in Irish history that would have consequences far beyond 1983.
Gerry Adams confirmed earlier today that the IRA was responsible for the shooting dead of Brian Stack thirty years ago.
The manager is back at the club where he began his coaching career in 1983.