Draft submissions on behalf of applicant by MR to ECHR; photocopy of typed copy of application [to European Commission on Human Rights] including statement of facts, legal basis for applicant's claim, admissibility of applicant's petition, "Just Satisfaction under Article 50", comments on the "Observations and further Observations by the Respondent Government", and general observations on the "Remedy of Judicial Separation under Irish Law", and annex including details of JA's income and affidavits, 197[7?]; draft affidavit JA 22/12/1978 (photocopy); photocopies of court orders from Cork City District Court to Timothy Airey for weekly maintenance payments to be made to JA (1974-1978), submitted to ECHR, as exhibit C; abbreviated notes (typed) of JA's earnings and timeline of events including relations with husband; letter from JA to Monica Barnes 18/10/1979 giving out about lack of support from Irish Women's Org, and refers to "police brutality".

[Archivist's note: This case is both contemporary and sensitive in nature and some material in this file is therefore partially restricted. Please consult archivist to enquire about access to restricted material.]

Material relating to the death of Josie Lynch (who had reverted to maiden name), 26/08/2002, including correspondence bet Brendan Walsh and Mary Robinson (MR) and newspaper photocopies; article and brochure relating to FLAC [Free Legal Advice Centres] 40 years of campaigning, including reference to Airey case 20/04/2009; cover letter (05/01/2009) from Tessa Robinson to MR, then in New York, with attached documents relating to Airey case including photocopy of judgement in case of Airey v Ireland, 09/10/1979, copy of European Commission decision on admissibility; printed email from Douglas Emery looking for information on Josie's children for an interview 17-19 June 2009.

Material from original folder labelled "Drug co patent rights", consisting of handwritten notes relating to advice sought on patent rights for a drug company, Fermantis including details of a meeting and list of Fermantis' products on company headed paper. It is unclear whether Mary Robinson provided more than advice over the course of a single meeting.

Material in this subsubseries relates to push to have widowers be entitled to portion of deceased spouse's pension in Public Service (in line with widows’ entitlement to deceased spouse's pension), including case taken by Nick and Mary Robinson (MR) v Minister of Public Service, (1977-87), and is arranged chronologically across three files. MR was at this time acting as Senior Counsel for the Employment Equality Agency.

Material in this file includes letter from Office of Chairman of Seand Éireann to Senator Mary Robinson (MR) re request to raise the amendment of the Members' contributory pension scheme following Labour Court determination on 07/05/1979, which they said was unsuitable for discussion on the grounds it would involve amending legislation, 06/02/1980; correspondence with Office of the Minister of State and the Department of the Public Service 15/05/1980; correspondence with Maura Minogue, employed as local authority engineer with Cork Corporation, re her pension rights 18-24/09/1980; typed draft "The Impact on Irish Women of EEC [European Economic Community] Equality Legislation", Eithne Fitzgerald, May 1980; typed project outline involving six people including MR each to submit chapters on "Impact on Irish Women of EEC Equality Legislation: Actual and Potential", [Jan?] 1980; typed outline of proposed chapter on Labour Market "Impact of EEC on Equality for Women in Ireland" 06/1980; typed draft "The Impact of EEC membership on Women's Participation in Vocational Training" [1980?]; circular from Government Chief Whip to Government deputies on schedule for 8th - 10th Nov 1983, 03/11/1980; circular with date of next Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament] meeting 03/11/1980 from clerk of Seanad Éireann; Dáil Éireann [lower house of Irish parliament] official report Parliamentary Debates 03/11/1983; Seanad Éireann official report Parliamentary Debates 09/11/1983; Second reading speech by Minister for the Public Service in Seanad Éireann "Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Bill, 1983", commending the bill to the House; copy of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Bill, 1983; copy of amendment to above bill, to insert "or widowers" proposed/put forward by Senators Mary Robinson, Catherine McGuinness and Katherine Bulbulia, committee stage, 09/11/1983; Seanad Éireann order paper 09/11/1983; correspondence with Minister for State, Nuala Fennell, 10/11/1983; letter from Office of the Minister of Health announcing the formal approval of the extension to women of the existing widows and children's schemes for pensionable staff in certain hospitals and homes , 31/05/1984.

Material in this folder consists mainly of court documents, handwritten notes of Nicholas Robinson (NR) and draft affidavits. It includes letter from NR, solicitor, to John Paul & Co Ltd [construction company] informing them that Justice Costello, High Court had granted an injunction restraining defendants from demolishing, destroying etc. on contested site until 30th November 1977; draft plenary summons "The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Stephenson & Associates and John Paul and Company, Defendants", 28/11/1977; draft and typed affidavits for Francis X Martin, George Eogan [lecturer in archaeology UCD], and Consuelo O'Connor, [Deputy Chairman of An Taisce, the National Trust of Ireland], 28/11/1977; notice of motion for FX Martin to apply for a restraining order on 30 November 1977, 28/11/1977; draft and typed copies of Justice Costello's order, following FXM's motion, that defendant's be restrained from further work until 06/01/1978; handwritten notes (NR's) including a statement of claim, early Dec 1977; bound documents labelled "1977 No. 5919P The High Court Between The Attorney General at the relation of Francis X Martin, Plaintiff, and The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Stephenson & Associates and John Paul and Company, Defendants, Documents Relating to the Supreme Court Appeal Against Injunction, Nicholas Robinson & company, Solicitors...", 12/1977.

Copies of report by Dr Frank Roche, Director of Colin McIver Associates Limited, "Exploratory Study of the Tourism Potential of Wood Quay", submitted to Irish Hotels Federation 12/1977; "Dublin's Wood Quay", a Civic Heritage Publication, Nuala Burke, Ph.D., signed by Nick Robinson, 20/11/1977; pull out map "Dublin c840-c1540, The Years of Mediaeval growth", prepared by the Friends of Mediaeval Dublin and printed by the Ordnance Survey 1977.

Correspondence including between Father Francis X Martin (FXM) and Nicholas (NR) and Mary Robinson (MR) 02/01/1978- 19/12/1978; between NR and The Law Agent [William Dundon], Dublin Corporation 09/01/1978-29/08/1978; between NR and MR in their official capacities 09/01/1978-09/06/1978; between NR and Donal Barrington, Senior Counsel 12/01/1978-; between NR and Chief State solicitor 16/01/1978-23/1/1978; copy of letter from Ole Klindt-Jensen, Director of Prehistoric Museum and Institute of Archaeology, University of Aarhus to Dublin Corporation 26/01/1978; from City Manager to SS McCarthaigh, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, 30/01/1978-19/04/1978; between Dr Joseph Raftery, Director National Museum of Ireland, to George Hegarty, Dublin Corporation 02/02/1978; between Principal Officer, [Dublin Corporation?] and Dr Joseph Raftery, 10/02/1978-17/05/1978; between P Russell, Dublin Corporation and Stephenson Associates (consultant architects) 22/02/1978-15/05/1978; from NR to J McCarthy, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, 01/03/1978-04/05/1978; letter from FXM and George Colley, Minister for Finance, 03/03/1978; letter for Pascal Scanlan, Principal Officer, Office of Public Works, National Parks and Monuments branch 21/03/1978; J McCarthy, Chairman, Commissioners of Public Works, and J Molloy, City Manager, Corporation of Dublin 19/04/1978; letter from City Manager to Dr Joseph Raftery, 19/04/1978; letter from Dr Joseph Raftery to JM Molloy, City Manager, Corporation of Dublin, 21/04/1978; correspondence between Alf Smyth, University of Kent and Frank [FXM?] 21/04/1978-22/05/1978; correspondence between FXM and Peter Addyman, Director York Archaeological Trust, 13/04/1978-22/05/1978; letter from Professor Dr Walter Janssen to Dr Anngret Simms, 23/05/1978; letter to Dublin City Council from Scandinavian participants in the archaeological summer-colloquy of International Council of Museums, Svenborg, Denmark with signatures and institutions attached, 10/06/1978; letter from Anngret [Simms] to NR 22/06/1978; letter from Bob O'Driscoll, Celtic Arts, Canada to FXM in support 26/06/1978; letter from NR to TX Smyth, SC, 27/06/1978; correspondence between NR and Kevin Fox, Hon Sec, National Monuments Advisory Council 30/06/1978-10/07/1978; postcard from Consuelo O'Connor to NR 02/07/1978; correspondence between NR and AJ Hederman, SC Office of the Attorney General 13/07/1978; letter from MR to Irish Press, Irish Independent and Irish Times Editors re secrecy surrounding and high security at site 09/09/1978; invite to farewell party for Anngret and David Simms, from Friends of Mediaeval Dublin 25/09/1978; typed copies of Senator MR's statement (address?) 23/09/1978 "Wood quay has taught us a very valuable lesson, that democracy demands more of citizens than a passive role between elections"; letter from Ruairi [Quinn?] architects office Burke-Kennedy Doyle and Partners re press statement 01/10/1978; copy of letter to MR as Senator from [O'Doherty Owens?] asking her to do utmost to have civic offices built outside of city centre, 05/10/1978; letter to MR as Senator from Alice J Moore, chairperson of Local Government and Public services Union, regarding motion being debated in Seanad Éireann, 06/12/1978;

The file also includes minutes (photocopies) of National Monuments Advisory Council Standing Committee meeting 04/05/1978 and some handwritten notes re costs.

Copy of "Take Notice of Trial", 09/03/1978; copies of Notice For Particulars, 10/03/1978; Particulars For "William Dundon, solicitor For The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Stephenson and Associates and John Paul and Company Limited" [March] 1978; draft typed document "Reply and Defence to Counter-Claim of First-Named Defendant" [March?] 1978; draft typed document "Defence and Counterclaim of Third Named Defendants" 16/03/1978.

Folder labelled "Case for Counsel to direct proofs", includes cover letter from Nicholas Robinson to Donal Barrington SC, 12/04/1978 and enclosed documentation for counsel, marked A - D, and consisting of copies of legal documentation and correspondence from earlier in FX Martin's court case; typed copy of Reply to Notice for Further Particulars 21/04/1978; Notice to Produce, 28/04/1978.