The controversial definition of a victim of the Troubles which includes terrorists killed by their own bomb was drawn up by civil servants who said it should only be used temporarily but the substance of that wording remains the government definition to this day.
An American man attempted to get a government minister to write to Ulster University in an attempt to increase his chance of getting an honorary degree, according to declassified files.
The Head of the Civil Service was appalled at the “outrageous sum” being quoted for journalist Jon Snow to lead a seminar to prepare Stormont’s new ministers for office after the Good Friday Agreement.
Despite claiming to love transparency, Stormont is getting more secretive, with a dramatic decrease in the number of government files declassified today at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).