Taoiseach urges opposition party not to use Anglo-Irish centenary for 'political objectives'

When asked if Éamon de Valera should have travelled to London for the negotiations, the Taoiseach laughed and said he would “leave that to the judgement of history”

Marking the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on December 6, 1921, the exhibition opens up significant historical records, official documents and private papers for the first time, including the first public presentation of both the Irish and British copies of the Treaty document.

The Taoiseach has urged opposition politicians not to use the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty for "political objectives."

Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar attended an exhibition marking the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on December 6, 1921, in Dublin Castle on Monday, when it was put to him that Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said that the Treaty had "copper-fastened" partition.