Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (Vol 14) 1969-73: The North, above all else, required the Department of Foreign Affairs to up its game

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Rebuffed, Dublin became more active on the international stage, through its consulates and at the United Nations, hoping to get London to involve it in concerted action to stabilise the situation.
52% : This volume covers 1969-73, when the scope of Irish foreign policy widened, not least through entry into the European Economic Community.
38% : In late July, Whitelaw raised with Patrick Hillery, minister for foreign affairs, "the question of political movement in the IRA", suggested that Dáithí O'Connell "might be the man to lead it" (not Seán Mac Stiofáin), and hinted that Dublin might help in that regard.

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