In 1973 the government had to politely explain why it couldn't cash a near 100-year-old bond
Hundreds of thousands of these bonds were issued in the 19th century to raise support for Irish nationalism.
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Hundreds of thousands of these bonds were issued in the 19th century to raise support for Irish nationalism.
Some people even wrote their own.
Yuri Ustimenko was Russian news agency TAAS’ Irish correspondent from 1969 to 1971.
Locally produced copies of “extremely poor quality” were a persistent issue for importers.
Ireland had built up a valuable beef export partnership with Libya.
The frank assessment came in meeting between the pair in The Hague in 1986.
The convictions of the nine men and one women were ultimately quashed.
“I will break every bloody bookshop in the city up,” Kavanagh barked at Hodges Figgis staff.
By 1988, The Guildford Four had served over 13 years in prison having been handed down life sentences.
Father Patrick Ryan was suspected of being an IRA quartermaster active in Belgium.
Newly released state papers show that a meeting was arranged between family members and then-Tánaiste Brian Lenihan.