File 1 - Áras correspondence 1995 Part 1

113 pp

Correspondence mainly to President Mary Robinson (MR) from Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, including notes on meeting between MR and Taoiseach John Bruton, covering topics such as MR's planned address to the Houses of the Oireachtas, her decision not to accept an honorary award from QUB at that time, but rather to defer "until the anniversary year in the hope that progress would have been made in addressing discriminatory religious and gender practices", and in relation to Northern Ireland and the Framework Document, 09/01/1995; official and personal letter from Taoiseach to MR thanking her for enjoyable dinner at Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland] for all Government members and spouses, 19/01/1995; correspondence in relation to Economic and Investment Conference, Washington, May 1995, and the advice to both MR and Taoiseach not to attend since lower level representatives from Ireland, Northern Ireland and UK were attending and US wanted to avoid British or Unionists viewing their attendance as an imbalance of representation, 13-16/02/1995 and material relating to the "New Framework For Agreement - A shared understanding between the British and Irish governments to assist discussion and negotiation involving the Northern Ireland parties", including framework booklet, notes on the meeting of the Liaison Group, 16/02/1995, marked confidential, and confidential notes faxed by Seán O hUiginn, Department of Foreign Affairs to all Irish Missions, 20/02/1995.

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