A prisoner went on hunger strike to secure a vegan diet in Northern Ireland, official files have revealed.

The Government’s decision to meet Gerry Adams after the IRA ceasefire showed “indecent haste”, British government officials have said.

The British government considered leaking details of Irish "intransigence" during Northern Ireland talks in 1990.

An IRA prison escapee pardoned by Margaret Thatcher’s government has said she was a pragmatist whose ministers made small concessions as part of dealings with Ireland.

Planners for the aftermath of a nuclear strike in Belfast during the Cold War had a disturbingly naive attitude to its apocalyptic impact, records have revealed.