State Papers 1985: Taoiseach careful to keep Margaret Thatcher engaged during talks

State Papers 1985: Member of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet warned of eavesdropping

FitzGerald’s drive and relationshsip with Thatcher key to success, recalls Peter Barry

Shift in nationalist demands allowed forum to become launchpad for lobbying

While Margaret Thatcher was unionist at heart, the situation in the North wasnot working. In Garret FitzGerald she found a leader to reach agreement with

Ireland and the injustices of history always fascinated me, says the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body’s first co-chair, who puts it down to his Celtic roots

Tory grandee was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister

Former prime minister felt motherly towards Garret Fitzgerald, biography reveals

New movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britain’s striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellion

The President’s visit has started in a blaze of tributes and pageantry

‘I had the impression she enjoyed the sometimes heated arguments of our negotiating process’

NI politicians bridle at lack of access to No 10

She ran her Cabinet with an iron hand and brooked no dissent