Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams reacted to the announcement of Margaret Thatcher’s death with a scathing assessment of herpolitical legacy in Ireland and elsewhere.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny led Irish tributes to Margaret Thatcher yesterday, saying she had signed the Anglo Irish Agreement that laid the foundation for the peace process in the North.

MARGARET Thatcher wasn’t easy to deal with, but her contribution to the peace process through the Anglo-Irish Agreement deserves acknowledgement, according to former foreign affairs minister Peter Barry.

I USED to dread Margaret Thatcher coming to the North because it meant 12 hours in the company of the IRA’s No 1 target.