WHAT WERE THE BRITISH SAYING ABOUT IRELAND DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TROUBLES?

By John Gibney In November 1971 Harold Wilson, the former (and future) British prime minister whose Labour Party was then in opposition, visited Dublin, where he attended a dinner hosted by Taoiseach Jack Lynch. Also present was Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Hillery, who wrote that ‘the impression I had left was one of almost ... Read more