1980 Apr 29 - 1985 Dec 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1545
Ireland (Cases of Marian Price, Dolours Rea (nee Price), Pauline McLaughlin, Robert Cardwell and the Gillespie sisters: pleas for release from imprisonment)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 96 |
| Any docs withheld? | 6 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Apr 29 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT ("Marian Price") [proposed release of 1973 Old Bailey bomber on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 May 9 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to No.10 (release of Marian Price, 1973 Old Bailey bomber, on compassionate grounds) [media responses] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Oct 25 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: Lord Brockway letter to MT ("Dolours Price") [urges release of Dolours Price, 1973 Old Bailey bomber, on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Nov 11 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Lord Brockway (Dolours Price: 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [response to Brockway: MT does not agree to release on compassion grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Nov 27 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (Pauline McLaughlin: pressure for release on compassionate grounds) [Armagh prison "no-wash" protest] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Dec 11 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Lord Brockway (Dolours Price: 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [response to Brockway: MT does not agree to Christmas leave for Price] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Jan 12 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO guidance telegram 4 to UKE Dublin & others (1730Z) ("Northern Ireland: Pauline McLaughlin") [Atkins authorises release from Armagh Prison on medical grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Mar 17 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Robert Cardwell") [proposed release of UVF prisoner on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Mar 19 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 3 to Holy See (0930Z) ("Northern Ireland: Dolours Price") [response to Vatican request for information on health of 1973 Old Bailey bomber] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Apr 13 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Cardinal O'Fiaich (Dolours Price, 1973 Old Bailey Bomber) [response to pressure for release on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Apr 19 Su | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 internal minute (Dolours Price, 1973 Old Bailey Bomber) [Atkins agrees to release on compassionate grounds; seeks confirmation that MT will not intervene] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (Dolours Price, 1973 Old Bailey Bomber) [Atkins agrees that Price may travel to Republic of Ireland for holiday] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Feb 2 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Dolours Price") [Prior proposes to cancel Northern Ireland residence condition; MT annotation: "I think the decision is wrong"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Mar 17 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Dolours Price") [Prior intends to cancel Northern Ireland residence condition; MT annotation: "quite wrong" to cancel; "I think we are just being played along"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Apr 15 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 minute to MT (pressure for release of IRA Gillespie sisters to attend father's funeral) [Whitelaw opposes release] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 minute to MT ("Dolours Price") [press reports that 1973 Old Bailey bomber intends to return to London in breach of release conditions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 30 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Dolours Rea (nee Price)") [1973 Old Bailey bomber found living in London in breach of release condition; Hurd proposes to alter condition; MT opposes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: King minute to MT ("Dolours Rea (nee Price)": 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [King proposes to alter conditions of release; MT opposes: "do nothing. She got out of prison on a false pretence"] [declassified Dec 2014] |