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This file consists of material relating to the Working Group on Child Abuse, convened by the ICCL [Irish Council for Civil Liberties], 1986. It includes correspondence, agendas, reports including draft and preliminary report of the Working Group Legal Sub-Committee, guidelines, recommendations for legal reform, minutes, copy of Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981and handwritten notes.

[Archivist’s note: Some material giving guidance on how to detect Child Sexual Abuse, and a case study (anonymised) contains material of a sensitive nature.]

This file consists of material relating to the Sanctuary Trust, a Board of Trustees founded by Clodagh Corcoran, Chairwoman of the Working Group on Child Abuse, in December 1985 on which Mary Robinson (MR) was a Trustee. Material includes correspondence between Corcoran to MR, [11?]/1985-13/02/1986; agendas, minutes (08/01/1986, 12/02/1986), press release and briefing file on the Trust.

MR resigns from Board due to concerns over the substantial commitments which the Trust had taken on without, in her view, the "necessary financial resources", and because of her own limited time (13/02/1986).

Research material consisting of reports, surveys, articles and other documents relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the Working Group on Child Abuse. It includes material gathered on child abuse in schools, by Tadgh Ó Ruairc, with cover letter to MR, 21/02/1983, copy of letter from Patrick Lennon, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (05/07/1982) and copy of legal opinion sent to him by John MacMenamin, B.L.; information pack on incest published by Scottish Women's Aid Incest Group n.d.; thesis "Incest- Project submitted for Diploma in Social Studies by Paula Scully" 198[?]; "Bernardo's Response to the Child Care Bill 1988”; photocopy of Summary of Recommendations of the Working Group with notation, 1988; copy of the ISPCC [Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children] National Children's Campaign document with cover letter to MR from Cian Ó Tighearnaigh, Chief Executive Officer, which references the redrafting of the Child Care & Protection Bill, 1985 coming before Dáil Éireann [lower house of Irish parliament], 14/01/1988.

[Archivist’s note: Some material is of a sensitive nature.]

Folder labelled: "material from ISPCC [Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children] re Children": contains flyers, booklets, annual reports for ISPCC 1992, journal of Child-Centred Practice, March 1994

Newspaper cuttings relating to child welfare, 1978-1990

Material in this subsubseries relates to Mary Robinson's work in the area of Divorce Law including legislation. It includes material relating to Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Bill, 1975, and the Family Home Protection Bill, 1976, correspondence on changes to divorce law from those working in a professional capacity and from members of the public, material relating to the divorce referendum held in Ireland 06/1986, and 10th Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1986, and where possible is arranged chronologically.

Material in this file relates to the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Bill, 1975, and the Family Home Protection Bill, 1976 and includes official unrevised reports of the Parliamentary Debates, Dáil Éireann [lower house of Irish parliament] of the Special Committee on the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Bill, 1975, 29/10/1975, 18/11/1975, 25/11/1975 and 02/12/1975, the Special Committee's report, 03/12/1975; typed copies of the Submission by Cherish [Irish Association of Single Parents] to members of Dáil Special Committee relating to the effect of the bill on Affiliation Proceedings, 197[5?]; official reports of Parliamentary Debates (including relating to the Family Home Protection Bill [the primary aim of which was to protect family from having their home sold over their heads by a vindictive spouse]) in Dáil Éireann (25, 27/05/1976) and Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, senate] (01/07/1976); copy of lecture "Some Aspects of Family Law" by Mr Justice John Kenny, at Society of Young Solicitors 9th Joint legal seminar, Cork 22/03/1970.

For more material on the Maintenance Bill see P143/1/3/3/4.

Material in this file relates to the drive to amend and update Divorce Law and consists predominantly of correspondence from professional individuals and organisations (1970s). It contains correspondence from the Marriage Counselling Service (MCS) including their annual report, 1971, a report from the Cork Branch AGM, 01/03/1973, and newsletter 07/1974, (1971-20/11/1975); correspondence, reports and other material relating to the Labour Women's National Council sub-committee on Family Law, including draft interim statement on Nullity/Divorce and the need for a Divorce Law, following the publication of the White paper on the Law of Nullity in Ireland (12/10-11/11/1976); correspondence from AD Baker to Mary Robinson (MR), Professor E Davis, Chairman, The Economic and Social Research Institute, The Attorney General and the National Press outlining his position and concerns relating to the contents of the booklet "The Law of Nullity in Ireland", 14/02-20/07/1977; correspondence from Eilis McCullough, Liaison Officer, Women's Aid, outlining anonymised case history, 20/01/1978 and letter from Kevin Boyle, Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway regarding prospect of Boyle and MR taking a case to Europe that tested Irish Divorce Law (or lack thereof), 21/11/1979.

Correspondence between Mary Robinson and members of the public relating the changes in Divorce Laws. Some material is restricted due to sensitive and personal nature of contents.

[Please consult archivist to enquire about access to restricted material.]

This file consists of reports, articles, press releases and other research material relating to Family Law in Ireland in the 1970s as it pertained to married couples, divorce and maintenance. It includes AIM [Action Information Motivation] Group report "On the Need for Family Maintenance Legislation in Ireland", 1972; report "Deserted/Separated Wives Maintenance & Social Welfare Report", 197[?]; typed summary of talk "Illegitimacy and Law Reform", given by W[illiam] R Duncan, Lecturer in Law, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), at Cherish Conference, 20/10/1974, with notations from Mary Robinson (MR); ring-bound booklet "Statement on Family Law Reform", The Council for Social Welfare, A Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, 197[?]; typed contribution by MR at Symposium on Divorce, Law Society, University College Galway, 01/03/1976; Submission by Irishwoman United to the Law Reform Commission on the Law of Domicile, 18/03/1976; booklet "The Law of Nullity in Ireland", Office of the Attorney General, 08/1976; "Barred", report on a survey into the operation of section 22 of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses & Children Act, 1976), Coolock Community Law Centre; typed copy "Illegitimacy in Irish Law", a summary of contribution by MR to inaugural meeting of Solicitors' Apprentices Debating Society, Four Courts, Dublin, 28/01/1977;photocopy of consultative document "The Reform of Family Law in Northern Ireland", Office of Law Reform, Stormont, Belfast, 03/1977, with press release from the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland, 13/04/1977 and cover letter to MR from Bronagh Hinds, Combat Poverty, [National Committee on Pilot Schemes to Combat Poverty], Dublin, 11/05/1978; "Family Problems - a commentary on the implementation in Northern Ireland of the recommendations of the Finer Report on One Parent Families and of the report of the Select committee on Violence in Marriage, Inter-Departmental Committee on Family Problems, 08/1977; "Divorce Law Reform in Northern Ireland Matrimonial Causes (N.I.) Order, 1978", text of addresses delivered at conference in Queen's University Belfast, 08/02/1978 by Professor PM Bromley, Bernard Passingham and Barry Malcolm; photocopy of typed paper "Supporting The Institution of Marriage In Ireland", William R Duncan, TCD, Third World Conference of the International Society on Family Law, Uppsala, Sweden, 06/06/1979; copy of typed constitution for Family Lawyers' Association, 197[?]; photocopy of Dublin corporation policy on and assistance for Pre-School Playgroups, 19[7?]; photocopies of article by Laurence Brannigan on the Succession Act, 1965 ["An Act to reform the law relating to succession to the property of deceased persons"], 19[7?].