Letter from Maurice Hayes, Dept. of the Civil Service for Northern Ireland, Belfast, to Boyle at University College Galway, thanking Boyle for the copy of Strasbourg judgement. Hayes reports from an event in Oxford, saying ". . .You missed nothing. It is hard to have a realistic discussion on power sharing without Paisley, or even surrogate expression of the more strident versions of Republicanism. . . " Hayes encloses judgements by Robert Lowry (Chief Justice) on equal opportunities (Wallace) case and a fair employment (Duffy) case. "I think these will become landmark judgements in anti-discrimination law in Northern Ireland . . ." Hayes also discusses further judiciary issues for Northern Ireland.
Letter from McNeil, Business Manager, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Northern Ireland, discussing arrangements for forwarding copies of the reports to Boyle in Galway.
Copy letter from Boyle to McNeil, Managing Director, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Northern Ireland, Belfast, thanking McNeil for previous letter and arranging distribution of copies of reports.
File of letters between Kevin Boyle and various individuals. Issues include the writing and publication of the book, "Political Violence: Ten Years on in Northern Ireland" by Boyle, Hadden and Hillyard, the Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison; correspondents include Mike Farrell, John Robb and many others.
Letter of details of payment due to Kevin Boyle for examination of PhD work by a student named J.F. McEldowney, University of Cambridge.
Letter from Clarke, Dept. of Philosophy, University College Cork, detailing to Boyle the proposed Thomas Davies Lecture Series for broadcast on RTE radio with the theme of moral and political views determining Irish legislation and seeking to know if Boyle would be interested in contributing. Other contributors include Mary Robinson and Alan Shatter.
Copy letter from Boyle to Hillyard regarding the book, "Political Violence [In Ireland] Ten Years On", including comment on redraft of appendix on Interrogation Code, comment on footnotes for the book and acknowledgements as well as general comment such as on the INLA and their role in the murder of Airey Neave.
Copy letter from Boyle to Ó Cairbre, Librarian, House of the Oireachtas, Leinster House, Dublin, seeking information on and access to files of memoranda in the Library.
Copy letter from Boyle to Peter Jack, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, following on from working together on a project, discussing a revision of the project plan both had agreed on when looking at a study of sentencing law over a number of past years/
Postcard with notice of meeting of the Hirschfeld Foundation at 18 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1, signed by Bill Keogh, Secretary.