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Files relating to the actions, activities and publications of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The U.K. Government made a commitment to establish a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was set up in 1999 following the introduction of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. It is the first national human rights institution in the UK.

Assorted documents including a proposal article by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden entitled "A New Constitution for Northern Ireland", includes MS annotation by Boyle. (c. 1998);
Text of paper by Simon Partridge entitled "Reimagining the British-Irish Islands: The Creative Hyphen", lecture to the John Hewitt International Summer School (29 Jul 1998);
TS letter from Kevin Boyle to George Ferguson, Head Republic of Ireland Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, discussing and enclosing comment by Boyle on a vision entitled "Totality of Relations" and discussing further enclosures (not present) on the Development Education Committee. (4 Jul 1998);
A TS report on the established of a Human Rights Commission in Ireland, North and South, as recommended by the Good Friday Agreement;
TS draft synopsis for a Guide to the Northern Ireland Assembly";
MS research notes by Kevin Boyle;
A report from the Committee on Administration of Justice, entitled "Response to the Report of the Criminal Justice Review Group", as established under the Good Friday Agreement." (30 Aug 2000)

Files relating to the work of the Executive Committee and of the work of Hugh Logue as Special Advisor to the Office of Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland Executive.
Includes typed letter from Hugh Logue to His Excellency Sir Michael Jay KCMG, British Ambassador to France, British Embassy, Paris, following up with comments and discussion following recent visit by the FM and DFM to Paris (12 Feb 2001); Signed copy letter from David Trimble, First Minister, to Séamus Mallon, Deputy First Minister, outlining his "very real concern I have regarding our ability to secure the implementation of the Belfast Agreement in all its aspects (12 Feb 2001); Signed copy letter from Séamus Mallon, DFM, to David Trimble, FM, , in response to Trimble "Thank you for your letter of 12 February placing on record your concerns about the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement". (2 March 2001); These two letters discuss in detail the concerns and responses of both FM and DFM to the Good Friday Agreement.
Document to DFM re. "Irish Infrastructure Developing Bond" (22 Jan 2001); Proposed schedule of fortnightly Executive meetings; Press Release from Executive Information Service Office of FMDFM - "Trimble and Mallon Hold Talks with President Chirac in Paris" (31 Jan 2001). Document from Mary Bunting to FM and DFM re. "Meeting with Mr. Ingram to Discuss 'Hate Crime'" (20 Feb 2001).

Text of statement from the office of First and Deputy First Ministers Designate, David Trimble MP and Séamus Mallon MP, respectively, 18 Dec 1998, with updates and reports on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement (1998); Draft text of speech for Séamus Mallon MP to Our Lady of Mercy Girls School (2 Dec 1998); text of address by David Trimble MP to the Irish Association, Co. Wicklow, 20 Nov 1998; Text of speech by David Trimble MP to the Chamber of Commerce of Ireland (19 Nov 1998); 'Part draft speech by John Hume', untitled, beginning "Now is the time to deploy our strength in Europe"; Text of address by Séamus Mallon MP to the 28th SDLP Party Conference, Newry, Co. Down, 13 Nov 1998; text of address by Prime Minister Tony Blair MP on "Modernising Central Government" (3 Nov 1998)

File relating to Executive Committee activity and discussion on 'Flags and Symbols'. Includes briefing documents, legal advice, correspondence etc. re. flying of Union flags, Irish tricolours and other such flags and emblems in Northern Ireland; document by John Reid, Northern Ireland Office and Brian Cowan, Department of Foreign Affairs re. "Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement" (1 Aug 2001); File also includes a dividing page within stating "FILE CLOSED - Devolution Suspended from Midnight 14 October 2002". Before this date further documents state "Emblems and Literals on Vehicle Registration Plates" (20 Sep 2002); Document signed by Peter Mandelson to Seamus Mallon "Draft Regulations for the Flying of Flags from Government Buildings" (7 Sep 2000); Document "Flying of the Union Jack on the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday (11 Aug 2000); Letters in response to above issues on flags and emblems signed by David Trimble and by Seamus Mallon (July 2000)

File relating to the work of Hugh Logue as Special Advisor to the Office of Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland Assembly. File includes documents headed "A Possible Sequence - Actions by Parties in Assembly/Actions by Paramilitary Organisations" (1 Jul 1999); "Draft Points" by [Logue] re. "Agreement [today] stands tall, today the Agreement walks tall..." (Nov 1999); Photocopy of press statement sent to Séamus Mallon, re. "Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland" and Good Friday Agreement", includes copy letter sent to John Hume from Patrick D. Cooper; "Interim Guidance for Departments" (July 1999); Typed letter from Seamus Mallon to Hugh Logue, thanking Logue for his support in "an extremely difficult couple of weeks" (21 July 1998); Press Release from Presbyterian Church in Ireland "The Way Forward" and Decommissioning Report are Important Steps" (14 Jul 1999); Memo from Brian Barrington to Deputy First Minister (DFM) (15 Jul 1999); Text of statement made by First Minister (Designate) "following last week's negotiations in Castle Buildings" (5 July 1999); Text of speech by Séamus Mallon, "This is The Way Forward" (5 July 1999); "Breaking the Impasse: A Sinn Féin Declaration" (1 July 1999); Copy of "House of Commons: Statement by Prime Minister and Debate" (6 July 1999); Circulation of draft agenda for the first meeting of the Executive Committee" (8 July 1999); "Note for the Record - First Minister's Meeting with His Excellency, Mr. Gholamreza Amreza, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, (6 Jul 1999); Document headed "Suggested Sequence of Events", with manuscript notation by Logue; Implementation Process Checklist; text of speech by David Trimble on the occasion of award of Nobel Prize for peace, jointly awarded with John Hume, Oslo, Norway (12 Aug 1998); Itinerary for 2 - 5 October 1999.

Text of speeches and talks by Séamus Mallon MP, Deputy First Minister, including draft speech notes, with annotation by Hugh Logue, for speech in Cork re. "Build and work the GFA (Good Friday Agreement); Address by Mallon to the European Cross Border Conference - Lessons For and From Ireland (29 Sep 2000); Statement by Mallon on the announcement of his resignation (15 July 1999); Introduction to the plenary session "The Vision of Jean Monnet and the Creation of the European Union - State of the World Forum"; text of talk drafted by Logue with comments "Will the Rest of the World Wait For Us?" (21 Sep 1999); Statement by Mallon on the New Northern Ireland Assembly" (18 Jan 1999); Text of "Final Speech for Deputy First Minister" Séamus Mallon (18 Jan 1999); Text of draft article by Mallon for the Parliamentarian (Feb 1999); Draft opening remarks at Armagh - First Thoughts (10 Dec 1999); Draft speech for the Deputy First Mallon Séamus Mallon (18 Jan 1999) with attached print copy of report, The New Northern Ireland Assembly - Matters referred by the Secretary of State, report by First Minister and Deputy First Minister (18 Jan 1999); text of statement by Mallon on the announcement of his resignation (15 Jul 1999).

File includes numerous copies/drafts of "Declaration", being the Declaration issued by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, at Hillsborough Castle, 1 April 1999 and which opens with "It is now one year since the Good Friday Agreement was concluded. Last May, it was emphatically endorsed by the people, North and South, and as such it now represents their democratic will". (1 April 1999); Text of remarks by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Tony Blair MP on behalf of the UK and Irish Governments at a press conference with the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, T.D., Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down, 1 April 1999); Text of document "The Way Forward: A Joint Statement By the British and Irish Governments"; "Collective Declaration/Agreement?"; "Draft Speaking Options"; Copy signed letter from Séamus Mallon, Deputy First Minister (Designate) to Mary Harney, Tánaiste, Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Dublin 2, discussing "an integrated approach to Ireland's skills development and skill recruitment overseas" following the "recently announced initiative by Fás to attract suitably qualified workers, both Irish nationals and other EU citizens to work in Ireland....." (25 May 1999); copy signed letter from the Rt. Hom. Paul Murphy M.P., Minister of State to John Hume M.P, M.E.P., Northern Ireland Assembly, discussing proposed details of meeting - "Dear John, next week is one of the most critical we have faced in the process of establishing a better future for Northern Ireland." (19 Mar 1999); Copy report from "Secretary of State's Meeting with Party Leaders, 22 Mar 1999; document "Round-table of Two Governments and Parties, 14 April 1999, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Remarks by Irish Government Delegation" (15 Apr 1999); "Paper on Collective Responsibility and the Executive Committee". File also includes assorted manuscript notes by Hugh Logue.
Text of address by Tom Clarke, President, Chambers of Commerce of Ireland, Newry, entitled "Building Linkages North and South for Economic Growth".

This subsubseries consists of material relating to visits by Mary Robinson abroad, including state and official visits as President of Ireland, as well as visits in a private capacity. Visits taken, in some cases multiple times, included to the following: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy and the Holy See, Japan, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Spain, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, United Kingdom (see archivist's note), United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Ugandan and Zaire. She was accompanied on many trips by her husband, Nick Robinson (NR) and some of the information booklets here were his copies. The material is arranged by decade and includes briefing documentation, correspondence, menus and invites with press cuttings at end of each section.

[Archivist's Note: Visits to Northern Ireland, while technically part of the United Kingdom (UK), were treated differently than for the rest of the UK - for political reasons these were never labelled as State or Official visits, since Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution, in place since 1937, referenced a territorial claim on Northern Ireland. During the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, shortly following the end of MR's term, Ireland rescinded its territorial claim as part of negotiations. During MR's presidency there was a large minority in Northern Ireland who considered MR their President, and during her Presidency she would visit Northern Ireland 17 times (see also P143/4/16).]

Ref: P143/4/5/3

Folder 1: Fax from David Webb to Anthony Farrell of Lilliput Press with a review of John Moriarty's 'Turtle was gone a long time' (1991. Quite faint);

Poems - 'Kathodos'; 'Graveyard Rose: Rose Window'; 'Voluspa', 'Graveyard Rose: Rose Window', 'In Buddha's Footsteps', 'Libido', 'Eros Funeraire', 'Conn Céad Chathach', 'Kathodos'; Photocopy of handwritten piece by John Moriarty about 'Voluspa';

Lists of references, questions and answers, and photocopied book reviews.

Folder 2: Brochure from the Honorary Degree Conferring Ceremony at NUIG in 2006 where John Moriarty was awarded a degree.

Christmas card to Tim and Máiréad from John (2000).

Typed pieces by John Moriarty, 'Educating Christianity'; 'A Bhagavad Gita'; letter from Moriarty to Tim (2004) enclosing a modified version of 'Siderius Nuncius'; Handwritten piece relating to 'Dreamtime'; 'Labour Pains'; 'A Second Symposium'; 'Challenge', 'Exodus'; 'Mona, our Moses'; 'Europe's Year One Reed'; 'The Last Eureka'; 'Vox Hibernorum'; untitled piece; 'The name of my harpoon is Ahimsa'.

Handwritten letter from John Moriarty to Tim and Máighréad [sic] (27 May 1998) in the aftermath of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum. Encloses an 'Aisling' that he wrote.

Folder 3: Brochure for 'Slí na Fírinne, A Christian Monastic Hedge School';

Handwritten notes for 'Remembering John Moriarty'; Typed piece given by Maria Hughes at the 'Remembering John Moriarty evening';

Obituaries for Moriarty from the Irish Times and the Guardian (2007);

Typed talk given by John Moriarty in 2004 'Deinanthropus A New First Stasimon';

Writings by John Moriarty: 'Our Song of Ascent into Ireland'; 'Changed Utterly'; 'Dolmen Love'; 'Second Thoughts'; 'Urbi et Orbi'; ''Antigone is gone, Long live Antigone'; 'Voyage to where we are'.