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Ireland thought Labour peer was ‘too bitchy’ to lead peace talks

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Newly unsealed documents from the National Archives in Dublin show officials took dim view of candidates to lead key negotiations on North-South co-operation.

A briefing note from the Department of Foreign Affairs described some of the high-profile figures put forward by Unionists and the British Government as ineffective politicians, bad lawyers and, in one case, as having a “bitchy temperament”.

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