Access to foreign state papers only real way to look at Ireland’s sealed years of 1984-1998 Ireland has a strange quirk to its access to information laws. The now well-known Freedom of Information Act was enacted in 1997 and allows citizens access to records from various public bodies through a formal request procedure. Records can be refused on various grounds. A new Bill proposes to replace this Act with the Freedom of Information Bill 2013. http://bit.ly/17i5at1 Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/access-to-foreign-state-papers-only-real-way-to-look-at-ireland-s-sealed-years-of-1984-1998-1.1489850 See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/17i5at1+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]