Ireland’s controversial stance on the Falklands crisis sparked deep anger in Britain and prompted fears of longer term damage to fragile Anglo-Irish relations.

Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey’s attempts to put pressure on the British government during the Falklands War backfired and threatened relations between the two countries at the highest level, Northern Ireland Office (NIO) files from 1982 claimed.

Brewer Guinness was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company during the Falklands crisis, state papers have revealed.

Brewer Guinness was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company in the 1980s because of the IRA bombing campaigns, state papers have revealed.

British defence secretary Philip Hammond rejected claims that Britain would be unable to defend the Falklands against an Argentinian assault as both countries marked the 30-year anniversary of the war in the South Atlantic.

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Britain has dismissed claims that it was “militarising” the Falklands dispute by deploying nuclear weapons nearby.

Argentina’s president accused Britain of “militarising the South Atlantic” and said she would complain to the UN, as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.

Argentina is to make a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council after accusing Britain of “militarising” their long dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Tensions between the UK and Argentina mounted today as a British oil rig began drilling off the Falkland Islands.

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TWENTY-FIVE years after hostilities ceased, Argentina is opening a new front in the Falklands War.

Prince Harry is to be sent to Iraq, the British Ministry of Defence confirmed today.

A BRITISH police force has complained after CCTV footage of a former paratrooper choking to death while handcuffed and in their custody was shown on television last night.

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A clear majority of Britons now back the war against Iraq, according to a poll published today.

A former royal servant has broken his silence to speak publicly for the first time about how a key aide to Britain's Prince of Wales allegedly raped him.