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1984
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let me entertain you
The secret songs, pleading letters, and big name snubs of Ireland's plans to entertain Ronald Reagan
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1984: Letters from UK praise Irish people for their 'warm humanity' and generosity after Band Aid
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eavesdropping
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Government Buildings got a lick of paint when Ronald Reagan came to visit
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Cold War
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Apartheid
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1984 State Papers
Haughey warned about possible international law breach with 'illegitimate' children and divorce
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Interview
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Dukes of Hazard
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State Papers
This 1984 memo to the Taoiseach is why you can't buy bangers at Halloween
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1984
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Reeling In The Years
Here's what you were enjoying on this day 10 years ago
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Thatcher considered redrawing NI border to move Catholic areas south
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futurist
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Big Brother
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Mystery
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Coming Soon
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Disruption
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