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State Papers: Chinese panda's Dublin Zoo trip may have contributed to its death

RTE 28 Dec 2025
Chinese officials suggested that a trip by a giant panda to Dublin Zoo may have contributed to its death, according to a new file released under the State Papers ... as part of the State Papers has shown.
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State Papers: Concern for Northern Ireland peace process after 9/11 attacks

RTE 28 Dec 2025
How US politicians viewed the Northern Ireland peace process following the September 11 attacks in 2001 was a matter of concern for Irish officials, according to a new file released under the State Papers.
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State Papers: Jewish cemetery attack in 1995 caused government serious concern

RTE 28 Dec 2025
International coverage of an attack on a Jewish cemetery in Co Limerick where a blue swastika was painted on a gate was a matter of serious concern for government in September 1995, new State Papers reveal.
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State Papers: Republicans tried to create 'no-go' areas for Protestants

RTE 28 Dec 2025
Republicans in rural parts of Northern Ireland tried to create "no-go" areas for Protestants, according to new files released to the National Archive as part of the State Papers ... - State Papers.
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State Papers: Telecom companies opposed govt plan to shut down networks

RTE 28 Dec 2025
The situation is outlined in the latest annual release of State Paper files to the National Archives of Ireland, which have been made public for the first time today ... While the latest annual State ...
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State Papers: How to explain the 1995 divorce referendum to the Vatican?

RTE 28 Dec 2025
"There is a possibility the secretariat of state may raise the matter with me directly at some stage ... Notwithstanding this point, the briefing note said IR£500,000 was already earmarked by the State as "fully committed" for spending on the campaign.
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Irish state papers: Government said IRA man organised £26.5m bank raid

BBC News 27 Dec 2025
Some £26.5m was stolen from the Northern Bank in a crime that threatened to destabilise the peace process. .
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Five things we learned from the State Papers

RTE 27 Dec 2025
It's day one of four of the annual State Papers releases, so here's five things we have learned so far.. Powell believed DUP would go on 'rampage over IRA Northern Bank robbery link ... White House did not want Clinton-Adams handshake photo ... .
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Explainer: What are the State Papers?

RTE 27 Dec 2025
Known as the State Papers, the files include letters, communications, private briefing notes, secret government documents, fax messages and e-mails relating to stories that were known at the time and ...
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State papers: Diana might try to ‘upstage’ Charles, his adviser warned Irish officials

The Irish Times 27 Dec 2025
State Papers ...Henney (who would have been less aware of the political dimension than the more restrained Percival) told me that if she had any say in it the prince would be here again before the summer was out,” the file stated.
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Raw revelations within Britain's royal family in 1995 State Papers

RTE 27 Dec 2025
Files released as part of this year's annual State Papers tranche show that in one Department of Foreign Affairs document from May 1995, officials Colin Wrafter and Helena Nolan discuss recent British ...
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Pop, VIPs, abdication, unity - other State Paper stories

RTE 27 Dec 2025
[Based on documents in 2025/115/994] The British were concerned that a "a crucial conversation" involving taoiseach Eamon de Valera about King Edward VIII's abdication might be contained in Irish State Papers.
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