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# state papers 1985

All time
Margaret Thatcher wanted to crush Loyalist strikers just like she did the miners
State Papers 1985: Garret Fitzgerald's government wasn't too keen on helping Stardust victims
Governor warned of potential 'bloodbath' among IRA prisoners if rubber bullets were removed
An Archbishop, a Taoiseach and an angry face-off over IRA violence and 'genocide'