Material in this file relates to cases of discrimination in various pension schemes towards illegitimate children, single mothers, children of widows/widowers not in the various pension schemes, and others and includes correspondence between Mary Robinson (MR) and Eddie Higgins, Secretary, Federated Workers Union of Ireland (FWUI) relating to dispute taken to Labour Court involving several State bodies, over non-cover of illegitimate children under public service Spouses and Children’s Pension Schemes, 15/05/1981-22/09/1981; letter to MR from multiple signatories, St. Catherines, Girls National School, Cabra, County Dublin, asking her to support to rectify omission of children of single parent teachers from the pension scheme being introduced by the Department of Education, 198[1?]; correspondence between Sylvia Meehan, Employment Equality Agency and the Department of Health relating to lack of survivor's benefits for widowers and children of female members of the Voluntary Hospitals Superannuation Scheme, 16-26/06/1981; booklet of Trinity College Dublin's Pension Scheme, which showed no pension scheme for female staff, 09/07/1981; correspondence with Philomena Curran, Lecturer in Botany, University College Galway, in relation to female staff having to pay into pension scheme but getting no benefits, 22/09-12/10/1981.
Published proceedings of "Discriminations Old and New: Aspects of Northern Ireland Today", being proceedings of the Irish Association Conference. Edited by Bernard Cullen and published by Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast. Incl
Discussion documents and meeting notes from National Executive Meetings; A New Approach discussion document; Procedures committee and financial committee meeting minutes
Discussion documents in relation to the role of the Community Relations Commission. Includes memorandum to the Cabinet outlining issues of concern in the relationship between the Ministry of Development and the Community Relations Commission.
File marked Discussion Paper (2nd file) 0-5/74-2 dealing with discussion papers from the Convention and some discussion on membership between civil servants. Includes typescript of chapter on North-South Relations; Discussion Paper, Second draft forwarded by R. Ramsey to Mr. Bloomfield and others including Dr. Hayes (6 Sept 1974); a third discussion paper setting out the task of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (12 Dec 1974); Memorandum from Mr. Ken Bloomfield to Sir Frank Cooper, entitled ‘Direct Rule: a new pattern’, seeking more local involvement in the governing process under direct rule (16 Dec 1974); Memorandum from K.P. Bloomfield to Sir Frank Cooper, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, giving him a brief on the relationships between Stormont and Westminster and the prospects of devolution in Northern Ireland (19 Dec 1974); view of K.P. Bloomfield to Sir Frank Cooper on the membership of the Convention (19 Dec 1974); letter from K.P. Bloomfield to Mr Trevelyan (PS/PUS) enclosing correspondence from Mr John Dobson who had been a member of the Northern Ireland cabinet before direct rule ‘His ideas on devolution are quite interesting coming as they do from a man who is a fairly typical mainline traditional Unionist (21 Jan 1975).
Grant of annuity of £363.8.3, James Daly of Dunsandle to the trustees of the Guardian Assurance Co, London, charged on the lands of Kilconnell, Co Galway, which James Daly inherited from his cousin Anthony Daly of Lismore, by will dated 28 Aug 1809. This annuity was the repayment of a sum of £3,000 loaned to James Daly. Includes a schedule of the Kilconnell estate giving the townland name, acreage and rent. Total acreage was 898 acres with a rental valued at £923. Two tenants are named as Hyacinth Donnolon esq and William French esq. Also 2 assignments relating to the replacement of one of the company trustees (19 & 20 Dec 1823).
Deed making tenant to the freehold (No 225), James Daly of Dunsandle, Co Galway (1), Richard Livesay of Mountjoy Sq, Co Dublin (2) and John Kenny of Dublin (3). Disentailing deed James Daly to Richard Livesay of lands in Co Galway and other lands in Co Mayo. Messrs Livesay, Mountjoy Sq, [solicitors].
Published proceedings of "Disillusionment with Democracy: Political Parties, Participation and non-Participation in Democratic Institutions in Europe". Proceedings organised by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe in Co-Operation with the Huma
Disk contains files in PDF and Microsoft Word format and being the copies of submissions made by individuals and through legal representation to the Saville Enquiry - the Enquiry established in 1998 to "inquire [ing] into a definite matter of urgent pub
Disk contains all parties replies to submissions made before the Saville Enquiry into events on Bloody Sunday, Derry, 30 January 1972. Includes 22 folders comprising 118 files. Disk size: 36.4MB.