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OFFICIALS wanted a `sexy' and theatrical launch for the new British-Irish Council believing it could evolve into a significant institution that would hold the union together. ....
Irish government tried to get Bloody Sunday judicial inquiry in 1997 File photo dated 30/01/1972 of an injured man receiving treatment on Bloody Sunday. Picture from Press Association Éamon Phoenix 30 December, 2020 00:01 THE Irish government continued its efforts in 1997 to get a fresh judicial inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Derry. Declassified files from a meeting of the Joint Anglo-Irish Secretariat on February 27, 1997, show that an Irish official sought a complete list of witness statements taken by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the National Council of Civil Liberties and received by the Widgery Tribunal in 1972. The NIO pointed out that the relevant documents could be obtained from the Public Record Office in Belfast. ....
BBC News By Éamon Phoenix image captionThousands of people gathered at Stormont to see Elton John perform in May 1998 When Mo Mowlam stepped into Northern Ireland politics in 1997, she brought with her an unconventional, straight-talking approach to doing business. As Northern Ireland secretary she oversaw the negotiations that led to the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement which brought the Troubles to an end. But her vivacity initially caused eyebrows to be raised at Stormont and among Irish government officials. Previously confidential files reveal new details of how she broke tradition. Released on Tuesday, the state papers from 1997 show how she pushed for Elton John to perform at Stormont and encouraged UK and Irish officials to show some love over lunch. ....