Latest releases archive
Details are listed below of files released to the public for the first time under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
Highlighted FOI Releases 2009
| PRONI Reference No. | Covering date/s of file/document | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CAB/9/CD/14/2 | 1942-1965 | Emergency Powers Defence Bill |
| CAB/9/CD/51/1 | 1936-1941 | National Registration Bill |
| CAB/9/CD/60/13 | 1962-1963 | Minutes of meetings of the Interdepartmental Plans Committee |
| CAB/9/CD/65/1 | 1935-1965 | Police War Instructions |
| CAB/9/CD/66/2 | 1948-1963 | War Books: Government; Home Office |
| CAB/9/CD/185/5 | 1951-1962 | Miscellaneous Defence Measures File includes:
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| CAB/9/CD/296/1 | 1962-1965 | Defence Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/3 | 1963-1965 | Defence (Machinery of Government) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/5 | 1952-1963 | Defence (Public Security) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/5A | 1962-1965 | Defence (Public Safety and Order) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/6 | 1961-1963 | Defence (Public Welfare) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/7 | 1961-1965 | Defence (Ports, Shipping and Aircraft) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/8 | 1962-1965 | Defence (Essential Supplies, Works and Services) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/9 | 1962-1963 | Defence (Agriculture and Fisheries) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/10 | 1962-1963 | Defence (Finance) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/11 | 1961-1965 | Defence (Armed Forces) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/296/14 | 1962-1965 | Defence (Supplementary) Regulations |
| CAB/9/CD/297/1 | 1964-1965 | Exchange of information about Civil Defence preparations with the Defence Department in Dublin |
| CAB/9/CD/300/1 | 1967-1968 | Emergency Communications: Whitehall - Stormont |
Highlighted FOI Releases 2005-2008
| PRONI Reference No. | Covering date/s of file/document | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CAB/9G/27/6/2 | June 1972 | Secretary of State’s Daily meetings contains minutes giving details of the security situation in Northern Ireland and includes papers on hunger strikes in Belfast prison. |
| CAB/9G/27/6/1 | May 1972 | Secretary of State’s Daily meetings |
| CAB/9G/27/6/3 | July 1972 | Secretary of State’s Daily meetings |
| CAB/9G/27/6/4 | August 1972 | Secretary of State’s Daily meetings contains minutes giving details of security reviews in Northern Ireland and includes papers on special category status prisoner and paramilitary uniforms. |
| CAB/9G/27/6/5 | Dec. 1972 | Secretary of State’s Daily meetings |
| CAB/9G/27/6/8 | May –June 1973 | Secretary of States Daily meetings contains minutes giving details of security reviews in Northern Ireland and includes papers on threat of mass escape from HMP Maze and the holding of a Coroner’s inquest on the 13 deaths in Londonderry on 30 January 1972. |
| CAB/9R/238/6 | 1971 | Meetings of the Prime Minister of NI, Brian Faulkner and the Prime Minister of the UK, Edward Heath |
| CAB/9R/238/7 | 1971-72 | Meetings of the Prime Minister of NI, Brian Faulkner and the Prime Minister of the UK, Edward Heath |
| CAB/9R/238/8 | 1971 | Tri-partite talks between the Prime Minister of NI, Brian Faulkner and the Prime Minister of the UK, Edward Heath and Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, Jack Lynch |
| CAB/9B/300/3 | 1966-1969 | Law and order in NI: reports of speeches made by the Rev. Ian Paisley and ministers of the Free Presbyterian Church. |
| CAB/9G/89/2 | 1969-70 | Formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment |
| CAB/9G/89/3 | 1970-1971 | Formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment |
| CAB/9G/89/4 | 1971-1972 | Formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment |
| CAB/9G/83/1A | 1950-1971 | Official reports from the Inspector of the RUC to the Prime Minister |
| CAB/9B/312/3 | 1969-1971 | Disturbances in Northern Ireland: October 1969 to February 1971 |
| CAB/9B/312/5 | 1968-1969 | Disturbances in Northern Ireland: police reports for 5 October 1968 to 31 October 1969 |
| CAB/9B/312/6 | 1969-1970 | Disturbances in Northern Ireland: police reports for 3 November 1969 to 28 February 1970 |
| CAB/9B/312/7 | 1970 | Disturbances in Northern Ireland: police reports for 2 March to 29 April 1970 |
| CAB/9B/312/8 | 1970 | Disturbances in Northern Ireland: police reports for 30 April to 30 July 1970 |
| CAB/9D/4/4 | 1946-1954 | Correspondence file of the Minister of Education covering a range of educational issues including class sizes, appointment of teachers, teaching of history, Scout movement, etc. It also includes a letter from Terence O’Neill to the Prime Minister, Sir Basil Brooke, about the appointment of a Roman Catholic teacher to a Protestant school in Ballymena, ‘The extremists like the poor, are always with us, but it cannot be in our interests to drive the ordinary citizens into their camp, or violent counsels will prevail and violent leaders will be acclaimed. The repercussions of such events would be far-reaching…Such then are our fears; there may be no remedy. If not, the popularity of our administration, perhaps not at its apex at the present time, will be strained to the limit’ dated 13 October 1948. |
| HA/32/1/702 | 1939-1969 | National Defence: control of aliens at time of war |
| HA/32/1/717 | 1939-1943 | National Defence: protected places and areas declared under regulations 12 & 13 of the Defence Regulations |
| HA/32/1/718 | 1943-1951 | National Defence: protected places and areas declared under regulations 12 & 13 of the Defence Regulations |
| HA/32/1/749 | 1940-1946 | National Defence: index of Chief Officers at military headquarters in Northern Ireland |
| HA/32/1/825 | 1942-1963 | National Defence: protection of vital points in Northern Ireland |
| HA/32/1/904 | 1946-1948 | National Defences: Polish Forces in Northern Ireland |
