Official information handbook for President Mary Robinson's visit to Boston and New York, United States of America, 05-09/10/1996, detailing delegation, programme, protocols, contact numbers and room allocations.

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Material relating to potential President Mary Robinson's visit to 6 cities in England scheduled for March 1996 [unclear if this took place], including correspondence between Niall Crowley and Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President, on research he carried out for the trip and communication he had with Seán Hutton, chairman of the British Association for Irish Studies, 19-22/02/1996, letter from Ruth Dudley Edwards with photocopies of several of her opinion pieces in newspapers, 06/06/1994-14/02/1996, handwritten paper/article/address "Keeping in with the Joneses", no date.

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Material relating to President Mary Robinson's visit to Great Britain, 02-05/12/1996 including official information handbook detailing delegation, programme, protocols, car plans and contact numbers, and confidential brief from Department of Foreign Affairs covering notes on political developments in Northern Ireland, prisoners in Britain, Emergency legislation, Welfare of Irish Community in Britain, cultural relations with Britain, Ireland's Presidency priorities [of the European Union, July-December 1996], bilateral economic relations with Britain, biographies and other background material.

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Material relating to visits by Mary Robinson abroad in 1997, including to United Kingdom (P143/4/5/3/7/2), Malta (P143/4/5/3/7/3), Republic of Rwanda (P143/4/5/3/7/4), Italy and the holy See (P143/4/5/3/7/5) and Sweden (P143/4/5/3/7/6).

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Memo from Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President, listing overseas visits from October 1996-October 1997 as of 21 October 1996.

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Official information handbook for President Mary Robinson's visit to Wales and England, 01-04/02/1997, detailing delegation, programme, protocols, car plan, contact numbers and room allocations.

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Material relating to Robinsons' private holiday to Malta, Feb 1997, which included dinner at the home of Mr Tony Cassar, Honorary Consul in Malta 13/02/1997. Material includes background information on Malta including EU [European Union] relations, parliamentary elections and foreign policy, sent to Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, by Joe Brennan, Deputy Chief of Protocol, and Eamon Hickey, Economic Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, 07/02/1997; correspondence between Cassar and Irish Ambassador to Rome, Joseph Small, which was forwarded to PR, and which gave details of private dinner and list of dinner guests, 06/02/1997; correspondence in relation to UNICE [Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe] Council of Presidents' Audience with MR in the Áras, 28/11/1996, at which Cassar and his wife Marilyn were participants; typed note from Ann [Lane] to MR about availability of fax machine in her hotel suite, and wishing Nick Robinson a happy birthday, 07/02/1997.

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Draft programme for President Mary Robinson's visit to [Republic of] Rwanda, 01-03/03/1997, with handwritten amendments.

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Material relating to President Mary Robinson (MR)'s visit to Italy, and the Holy See, 06-09/03/1997, including photocopy of typed fax from Ambassador Gearóid Ó Broin relating to conversation he had with Archbishop Re of the Secretariat of State regarding MR's desire to call on the Pope, 17/01/1997; correspondence relating to suggested gift list for visit to Rome between Charles Sheehan, Embassy of Ireland, Rome, and Joe Brennan, Deputy Chief of Protocol, 24/02/1996, forwarded by Colm Butler, Aras an Uachtaráin, and from Teresa Enright, Protocol Division, Department of Foreign Affairs to Butler, 26/02/1997; typed itinerary of events, with handwritten notes on outfits to be worn by MR at each; official information handbook detailing delegation, programme, protocols, car plans and contact numbers.

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Material relating to President Mary Robinson (MR)'s State visit to Sweden, 15-17/04/1997 including official information handbook detailing delegation, programme, protocols, car plans, and contact numbers; "The First Marshal of the Court is commanded by his Majesty The King to invite..." official invites for MR and Nick Robinson (NR) to luncheon and Gala dinner given by King and Queen of Sweden, Royal Palace of Sweden, 15/04/1997; invite to lunch in Stockholm City Hall, 16/04/1997; invite to luncheon in honour of President Robinson, Jukkasjärvi, 17/04/1997; bound briefing book (NR's copy) containing CVs, delegation list, draft programme, country note, notes on ICG/CFSP [Intergovernmental conference and EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy], on EMU [Economic Monetary Union], on [European Union (EU)] enlargement, on employment, on JHA [Justice and Home Affairs], on European Security Architecture, on relations with the Baltic States, on EU reform, on Northern Ireland, on bilateral relations (trade and economic, cultural), and note on the Irish economy.

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