Stories 1 - 10 for Irish general election, 1987

Margaret Thatcher went on to win two crushing victories, in 1983 and 1987. It was evident (to me, at any rate) that the splitting of the anti-Tory vote ...

And I am afraid I failed to hide my dismay when in the subsequent 2007 general election both Opposition parties failed to indict Fianna Fáil for these ...

Prior to that, she served as minister for European affairs from 1987 to 1991. She retired from politics at the 1997 general election and was appointed to ...

In 2003, elections held in Northern Ireland result in gains for hard-line parties on both sides of the longtime conflict between unionists, ...

I remember that, before the general election in 1987, Nigel Lawson borrowed recklessly in order to fund a pre-election boom; that had nothing to do with ...

He captures her as she was in 1987, at the height of her powers. When it was nearly ready, Lady Thatcher asked for an addition: she insisted on her handbag ...

1905 - Sinn Fein Party, part of the Irish republican movement, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. 1912 - Albanian patriot Ismail Quemali proclaims independence ...

1859 Irish physicist John Tyndall confirms Fourier's theory that atmospheric gases like carbon dioxide trap heat. First oil well in United States is drilled ...

Prior to that, she served as minister for European affairs from 1987 to 1991. She retired from politics at the 1997 general election and was appointed to ...

The Tories had lost heavily in Scotland at the 1987 General Election, and Bill argued that the people of Scotland had no moral obligation to pay this unfair ...