The US State Department has released 10,000 pages of emails Hilary Clinton wrote and received.

Former Secretary of State Clinton has been under investigation after it emerged that she used her own email account for government business, while in office.

Clinton says she handed over all of her correspondence to the State Department so that they could judge for themselves what she had been using the account for.

Now the State Department has released a searchable interactive database of that material, and it offers a unique insight into the life of a high level official.

What we can say for sure is that the Presidential hopeful's (odd) snack cravings and (excellent) TV picks make her not so different to the rest of us. That, and finally the details of her long-running feud with the fax machine.

On a serious note, Hilary Clinton was making sure to keep herself informed of developments here in the run-up to the last General Election, and she kept herself abreast of events in Northern Ireland while she was in office.

TV choices

What we learned here - Presidential hopefuls watch the same things we do on TV.

Snack time 

In an email that has now been officially marked 'UNCLASSIFIED', Hilary checks on the status of her appetiser of choice - gefilte fish. Gefilte fish might be little known here, but it sounds delicious - wikipedia says it is an Ashkenazi Jewish dish, a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike.

Further, she would like some iced tea - STAT! But when you are important, that means emailing someone to get them to phone someone, to make the tea.

Flipping faxes

The fax machine is driving her crazy! This email shows an aide patiently trying to explain to her to 'hang it up' to get a line.

Irish context

A staffer made sure to let her know that Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams was running for a seat in the Louth constituency in the run-up to the last General Election.

It is also clear from the correspondence that Clinton kept a close eye on developments in Northern Ireland during her time in office. Here is a briefing note from an aide on meeting the parties involved in talks on devolution. In this note, she and her aide discuss talking points after reading an article in The Irish Times.

Hat tip to Newsweek