Press cutting service cuttings April 1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/4
Press cutting service cuttings April 1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/4
Press cutting service cuttings May 1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/5
Press cutting service cuttings June 1997 including in relation to announcement of President Mary Robinson as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in relation to search for successor to her as President.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/6
Press cutting service cuttings July 1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/7
Press cutting service cuttings August 1997 including in relation to MR leaving office, her Presidential record and to search for her successor.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/8
Loose cuttings 1997 including from International press. Includes cuttings and photocopies of editorials relating to President Mary Robinson not going for second term, as well as reviewing her Presidency. Also includes faxed article in The Mirror which falsely claimed she had agreed to a second term, 20 January 1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/9
Full newspaper copies of Irish independent 13/3/1997 x 2, The Examiner 13/03/1997 x 2 and Irish Times Paper 13/03/1997 x 2, all with front pages and articles throughout on MR's announcement on 12th she was not seeking second Presidential term; The Irish Times weekend featuring article by Eavan Boland, paying tribute to her friend MR, 15/03/1997.
Ref: P143/4/8/2/8/10
This subseries relates to Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the sitting President of Ireland and the administration, organisation and management of resources within it, including staffing. Material includes correspondence, minutes and agendas and is arranged chronologically by year.
Ref: P143/4/9
Material in this subsubseries, consisting mainly of correspondence, relates to the administration of Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland, for 1990. It includes that relating to a review of staff and staffing levels and resources at the start of Mary Robinson (MR)'s term as President, which began officially when she was inaugurated on 4th December 1990, as well as allocation by the Government of costs for entertainment by the President. General background information on the running of the Áras is also included, much of which was sent to MR once she was declared President elect following the election on 7th November 1990.
Ref: P143/4/9/1
Material which was sent to Mary Robinson (MR) while President Elect, and just following her inauguration, to familiarise herself with the running of Áras an Uachtaráin (Áras) including two photocopies of "Áras an Uachtaráin Review of Organisation and Procedures, Management Services, Department of Public Services", June 1986; photocopy of memo "On the Employment of Aides-De-Camp to An tUachtarán" from "A" Administration Section, Adjutant-General's Branch, Defence Forces Headquarters, Dublin to [Frank] Murray, Assistant Secretary to the Government and [Peter Ryan] Secretary to An Uachtarán [The President], 20/11/1990; information document on "The Presidential Establishment" (make-up of the secretariat, note on aide-de-camp, status and salaries of household staff, President's salary, and allocation of costs for entertainment by President), "State and other visits abroad", "Administrative arrangements" and "the Inauguration", 11/1990; typed letter to Ass. Commissioner Ned O'Dea and Supt. Aidan Brown from Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President on behalf of MR, listing members of An Garda Síochána [Irish police force] MR was seeking for various tasks, [11]/1990; typed memos from Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, to MR in relation to funding for the household of Áras, 05/12/1990, financial resources, services provided by other departments and C.E.R.T. review, 17/12/1990; typed list of telephone extensions for the Áras, listing staff names, [12/1990?].
Ref: P143/4/9/1/1