[Updated] Did Blair’s ‘Tonyish’ deal keep the Irish Government in the dark…
And in the Guardian… The ex-minister said that not only was the Fianna Fáil led administration – which lasted until 2011 – unaware of the letters, ministers in Dublin had rejected a similar proposal from republicans: “While Sinn Féin brought up the issue of the ‘on the runs’ regularly with us, we never had any information about the existence of these letters and I think that is the case for all of the cabinet back then. “Clearly they went and …