Lord too ‘bitchy’ to lead North-South negotiations, records show The Irish Government took a dim view of several proposed candidates to lead key negotiations on North-South co-operation, according to newly unsealed documents from the National Archives in Dublin.
A briefing note from the Department of Foreign Affairs described some of the high-profile figures put forward by Unionists and the British Government as ineffective politicians, bad lawyers and, in one case, as having a “bitchy temperament”.
Lord Michael Havers, another candidate put forward by Unionists, is “regarded with affection more than respect” in British legal and political circles.
The briefing document says: “He has a petulant and ‘bitchy’ temperament and does not forgive slights, alleged or real.”.
Strand Two referred to the parts of the agreement which established North-South bodies and encouraged co-operation between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
