Newly released Irish State Papers offer insights into events of 1994, including the Boris Yeltsin Shannon Airport incident and the Irish government's decision to block Mary Robinson's UN role. The documents reveal anxieties about potential retaliation for not prosecuting Dessie O'Hare and the then Taoiseach's skepticism about repatriating James Joyce's remains to Ireland.
State Papers : Five things we learned, from details of Boris Yeltsin ’s Shannon no-show to blocking Mary Robinson ’s UN role
Thousands of declassified documents are being released this week from the archives of Dublin, Belfast and London, bringing new insight into Irish events, politics and personalities of times past. . Notorious apartheid police chief ‘Prime Evil’ was refused entry to Ireland over fears he would settle For the church, it was the “year of the paedophile priest”, then-religious affairs correspondent Andy Pollak wrote. Fr Brendan Smyth was jailed after pleading guilty to 17 charges of indecent assault involving the sexual abuse of five girls and three boys. The hierarchy was in turmoil.
Around the world, the mercurial figure of Boris Yeltsin captured international attention as Russia’s transition from communism took shape. Elsewhere, slaughter in the Balkans and Rwanda made for grim reading, but South Africa’s first free election provided an optimistic note, installing former freedom fighter Nelson Mandela as president.
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