Material relating to Northern Ireland Community Education Association (NICEA) including reports, information on courses, booklets with local oral history stories printed, 1989 annual report and book of poems (part of creative writing course?) which has been dedicated to President Mary Robinson "from a group of mná tuaisceart na hÉireann [Northern Irish women]...feeling more empowered than before, because we have a peoples' President", and signed by all the contributors/course participants including Helen Moore, cousin of Northern Ireland politician and founding member of Democratic Unionist Party, Peter Robinson.

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Survey "The Death of the 'Peace Process'? A survey of community perceptions", Michael Hall, Island Publications, March 1997; report "The Situation of Irish Republican Prisoners in the United Kingdom", March 1997 (sent by Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas); report (advance copy) "To Serve without Favour: Policing, Human Rights and Accountability in Northern Ireland", Human Rights Watch, Helsinki 29/05/1997; report "Partnership and the Risk for Peace", The EU [European Union] Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, report of the Northern Ireland European Parliament Hearing, Dr J Pillinger, Northern College, sponsored by Unison [Trade Union], with Unison press release for launch of report, at Europa Hotel, Belfast, 27/06/1997; print out of paper "Human Rights and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland", Paul Mageen, Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), printed 08/09/1997.

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"Life in two enclave areas in Northern Ireland: a field survey in Derry Londonderry after the ceasefires", Templegrove Action Research Limited, May 1996, signed by Ruth Moore, one of the researchers; Fingerpost community magazine, June 1996, Yes publications, Derry City Council; copy of International Minds journal Vol 7, "Terrorists or Freedom fighters?", with cover letter to President Mary Robinson (MR) from George Bull referencing lecture she gave at launch of Centre for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, 15/07/1996; photocopy of thesis "Northern Ireland at the United Nations 1969-1996", by Martin O'Brien, Queen's University Belfast, Sep 1996; reports sent by Quintin Oliver, Director, NICVA [Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action], "Partners for Progress" and "The Millennium Debate", with cover letter and response from MR which refers to a fire and demonstrations at Windsor Women's Centre, and to the success of MR's visit to Belfast "I was very pleased with the visit and in particular with the balance between the various events", 13-19/09/1996; report "Under Napoleon's Nose - Women Developing Communities in North Belfast", Women's Development Project, North Belfast Community Development Centre, 1993-1996; "Northern Ireland and the European Union", discussion papers on the Intergovernmental conference and other European issues, The Institute of European Studies, Queen's University Belfast, 1996.

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Report of The International Body [body established by Irish and British Governments to provide an independent assessment of the decommissioning issue in Northern Ireland, with Senator George Mitchell, General John de Chastelain and Mr Harri Holkeri] published in Belfast 24/01/1996, sent to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, by Brian McCarthy, Assistant Secretary to the Government, 24/01/1996; Northern Ireland Community Relations Council magazine, Jan 1996, and 6th annual report; paper on "Gender Proofing the Election System and the Talks Fora", sent by Bronagh Hinds, Chair, Northern Ireland Women's European Platform, 19/03-15/04/1996; LINC Resource Centre "Extract from Project Team's Development Plan", 1996; compilation of series of lectures given at St. Anne's Church, Belfast, "Brokenness, Forgiveness, Healing and Peace in Ireland - What should the Churches do?", 27/02-26/03/1996; "New Lodge Cultural Society - Economic Appraisal of the Proposal to Develop the New Lodge Cultural Centre (Culturlann an Loiste Uir)" Deloitte and Touche, May 1996.

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Various reports and background information relating to Northern Ireland, including bound selection of keynote addresses, International Conference "Ireland - The Way Forward", Belfast, August 1990; Human Rights and Education Report, proceedings of a Summer School, "Education for mutual understanding and democratic participation", n.d.; Derry Women's Centre Research Project report on Cross-Community Use of Derry Women's Centre n.d. and pamphlet "Derry Development Education Centre n.d.; "Childcare issues - The West Belfast Experience", conference report, n.d..

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Reports and background information relating to Northern Ireland, across 12 files, arranged chronologically where possible.

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Correspondence and other material, 1996-1997, including letter from Sheila Copps, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Canadian Heritage, sent via the Canadian Embassy to Ireland, thanking MR for her video message for St Patrick's Day to coincide with their announcement of an Irish memorial on Grosse Île, and noting "Everyone at the ceremony remembered with great pride your trip to Grosse Île in 1994. We are honoured that you, the real champion of this announcement, could join us in technology and spirit", 18/03-03/05/1996; fax from Dónal Denham, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, to Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President, for MR, with report on Rwanda-Burundi by UNHCR, which "confirms the thrust of the GOAL information", 04-05/06/1996; handwritten letter from Denham to MR thanking her for her kind letter and enclosure, 23/12/1996; photocopy of letter from Elisabeth Palmstierna, Marshal of the Court, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden to Irish Ambassador to Sweden, Martin Burke, enclosing letter from Her Royal Highness Princess Lilian to MR, which Burke sent with compliment card for Bride (letter from Lilian not included here), following MR's visit to Sweden, 22/04/1997; photocopy of notice of motion "That this House salutes President Mary Robinson of Ireland ... on her brave and successful efforts of the last seven years to improve relations between the peoples of these islands", sent by Embassy of Ireland, London to Department of Foreign Affairs and forwarded on to Peter Ryan, 20/03/1997; letter from Brendan McMahon, Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria in relation to MR's candidacy for post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, noting that the most to be hoped for was that Nigeria would not actively campaign against her candidacy, given Ireland as part of the European Union had recently sponsored a very critical resolution on Human Rights in Nigeria, 25/04/1997; letter from John HF Campbell, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, congratulating MR on her nomination as United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, 16/06/1997.

[Archivist's Note: Located in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site of Canada commemorates the importance of immigration to Canada, particularly via the entry port of Québec, from the early 19th century to the First World War. Grosse Île also commemorates the tragic events experienced by the Irish immigrants at this site, primarily during the typhoid epidemic of 1847.]

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Selection of political reports compiled by Irish Embassies abroad which Frank Murray, Secretary to the Government, sent to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, for her attention. These include "Danish attitudes to Baltic Security Issues", C Barrington, 30/09/1996; report on 1950th Council Meeting, when Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dick Spring, was President, 01/10/1996; "France and Italy - more discord", T Lyons, Paris, 04/10/1996; "Special Meeting of the European Council, 5 October 1996", Ruairí de Búrca, Institutions Section, Economic Division, 10/10/1996; summary of lunch meeting with Minister of Finance, Erik Asvrink, Ambassador Burke, Embassy of Ireland, Sweden, 09/10/1996; "EMU" [Economic Monetary Unit], Embassy of Ireland, Bonn, Gernmany, 08/10/1996; "Some Finnish Views on EMU", Dáithí O'Ceallaigh, Ambassador, [Finland], 09/10/1996; note on meeting of officials from German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Oliver Grogan, Economic Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, 12/10/1996; reports of German media coverage on Chancellor Kohl's visit to Ireland, October 1996, on IGC Employment, "Franco-German Paper on Reinforced Cooperation", "The Bundesbank President and EMU", and "The Economic Situation in Germany", Embassy of Ireland, Germany, 11-28/10/1996; "Danish parliamentary scrutiny of EU business and legislation", 16/10/1996; lunch with Foreign Minister Gama, Brian Muldoon, [Embassy of Ireland, Portugal?], 24/10/1996; "Belgian position on the IGC", Brussels, 25/10/1996; and report from Embassy of Ireland, Helsinki, Finland on Finnish information re IGC", 29/10/1996, with cover letter from FM to PR, 14/11/1996..

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Correspondence and other material, 1994-1995, including originals and photocopies of "Mar Eolas" [For Your Information] notes to Ann Lane, from Kay Gleeson, giving details of various new Ambassadors who were coming to the Áras to present their credentials to President Mary Robinson (MR), including: [dates in brackets are dates of presentation] Their Excellencies Riivo Sinjarv, Estonia (20/04/1994), Thomas Klestil, Austria (04/05/1994), John Gregory Collinge, New Zealand (originally 03/06/1994 and postponed until 12/07/1994), Dr Solomon Gidada, Ethiopia (02/06/1994), Zvi Gabay, Israel (22/07/1994), José Olympio Rache de Almeida, Brazil (22/07/1994), Khaled Abdul Aziz Al-Duwaisan, Kuwait (22/09/1994 rescheduled to take place on 09/09/1994), Barry Mawhinney, Canada (04/11/1994), Raimundas Rajeckas, Lithuania (14/12/1994), Her Charan Singh Dhody, India (20/01/1995), Edward John Stevens, Australia (16/01/1995) and Dato Kassim Daud, Brunei Darussalam (25/01/1995); cover letter from Frank Murray (FM), Secretary to the Government to Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, with memo outlining various Government approvals relating to establishment of non-resident diplomatic relations with Albania, Andorra, Botswana, Cambodia, Namibia, San Marino, States of the former Yugoslavia and Vietnam, nominations for ambassadors to these states, revised arrangements for the accreditation of Irish diplomatic representatives abroad, authorisation for Tánaiste to seek agreements with the Governments concerned and authorising MR as President on receipt of agreements to make necessary appointments and issue letters of credence, 20/07/1994; letter from FM to PR listing approvals from Government regarding various diplomatic appointments, 07/03/1995; background information relating to discussions in Australian Prime Minister Keating's "drive towards an Australian Republic by the end of the year 2001", sent by Ambassador Martin Burke, including photocopies of press articles, and text of Keating's speech in House of Representatives, 07-08/06/1995; faxed letter from Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein, sent via the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in which she urges MR to act with "compassion and political solidarity" in relation to recent turn of events in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 18/07/1995; two faxes relating to United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing, including list and rank of 14 "specially invited" guests of the Chinese Government, 26-27/07/1995; photocopies of letters sent by Bride Rosney, Special Advisor to the President, on behalf of MR to Ambassador Walter Curley re MR meeting him and his wife at the IIE Award, and possibly receiving Lewis Preston privately in Dublin on a future visit, 28/11/1994, to Ambassador Fermin Zelda, Embassy of Spain, Dublin regarding MR attending meeting of Irish and Spanish poets taking place ahead of official launch of the Institute Cervantes, 22/12/1994, to Ambassador Martin Elasser, Federal Republic of Germany, regarding MR officially opening the symposium on "Women at the Top", being organised by Goethe Institut and Trinity College Dublin, 03/11/1995, and to Ambassador Jan Ostern of Norway in relation to photos sent of opening of "Norwegian Events 1995" exhibition at the RHA Gallery, 08/12/1995; photocopy of letter from MR to Mr Ted Barrington, Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain, thanking him and his wife Claire for hospitality and assistance during MR's visit to London, 30/11/1995.

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Correspondence and other material, 1991-1992, including originals and photocopies of "Mar Eolas" [For Your Information] notes to Ann Lane, from Kay Gleeson, giving details of various new Ambassadors who were coming to the Áras to present their credentials to President Mary Robinson (MR) including: [dates in brackets are dates of presentation] Their Excellencies Mr Nikolai Ivanovich Kozyrev, USSR (23/03/1992), Mr Abdeslam Tadlaoui, Morocco (originally 17/06/1992 and postponed until 14/09/1992), Mr Junus Effendy Habibie, Indonesia (09/06/1993), Mrs Jean Kennedy Smith, United States of America (24/06/1993), Mr Ali M Yassin, Sudan (09/07/1993), Senor Hernán Errázuriz, Chile (29/10/1993), Mr Abdallah Fouad Hafez Hilal, Egypt (11/10/1993), Mr Joseph Kipyegon Ruto, Republic of Kenya (05/11/1993), Arnoldus Antonius Maria Hermans, the Netherlands (25/11/1993), Ms Fan Huijuan, China (17/12/1993), Mr Moshe Raviv, Israel (19/01/1994), Dr Ngoni Togarepi Chideya, Zimbabwe (26/01/1994), Mr Jānis Ūšis, Latvia (01/02/1994), Mr Ali M Jaidah, Qatar (03/02/1994), Mr Mohamed Lessir, Tunisia (03/02/1994) and Alberto Eduardo Ham, Argentina (11/02/1994); cover letters sent by Dermot Nally, Secretary to the Government to PR, with CVs for Ambassador Designates Nikolai Ivanovich Kozyrev (Russia), Tongchan Jotikasthira (Thailand), William Henry Gerald FitzGerald (United States of America), Germán Riesco (Chile), Love Mtsea, Republic of Zambia and Francois Mouton, France (20/01/1992-14/07/1992); correspondence from Mr Rodney HC Walshe, Hon Consul General, Consulate General of Ireland, Auckland, New Zealand listing schedule of rugby games and enclosing biography of Kate Sheppard, ahead of MR's visit in Autumn, 1993, with copy of response from MR, 10-22/12/1992; typed note from Joseph Brennan, [Deputy Secretary to the President], to MR that Spanish Ambassador had suggested Ms Natividad Cordon as a highly qualified and discrete teacher for Spanish lessons, 21/01/1993; photocopy of letter from Ambassador Gearóid Ó Cléirigh on his farewell meeting with King Baudouin King of the Belgians, [on end of Ó Cléirigh's term as Irish Ambassador?], 24/06/1993; material for address by MR to the National Law School of India, Bangalore, on 30 September 1993, which was faxed through from the Embassy of Ireland, New Delhi; draft speech to welcome new Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Ireland.

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