Ireland is not ruled by Rome, Reynolds told Major

Taoiseach Albert Reynolds talks to British prime Minister John Major at Chequers, while Minister for Foreign Affairs Dick Spring looks on.

Albert Reynolds told John Major that Ireland is "not ruled by Rome", during a meeting in which the Irish side expressed frustration at the attitude of unionists to talks on Northern Ireland.

According to a confidential document, the comments were made at a meeting between Mr Reynolds and the British PM in Downing Street on June 16, 1993.