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 During the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, shortly following the end of MR's term, Ireland rescinded its territorial claim as part of negotiations.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).]

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Official letters and/or photocopies, from Frank Murray, Secretary to the Government, Department of Taoiseach, to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President informing of approval from Government for President Robinson to leave the state for the purpose of Private, Official, and State visits, 22/04/1992-28/08/1997 (overlaps with files P143/4/5/3/2/1 - P143/4/5/3/7/6); List of State/Official visits by President Mary Robinson out of Ireland, 29/01/1991-01/12/1993, and visits to Northern Ireland 16/12/1990-19/06/1993, [01/1994].

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Press lists and contacts including of political correspondents and editors, national newspapers circulation figures, and costs for placing advertisements, September 1990.

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Material relating to media campaign including minutes from presidential campaign media committee. Includes document "Issues raised by Mary before Lenihan/Currie nominations", [07?]/1990; notes and tips for conducting media interviews; notes on press strategy; list of items requiring action/discussion during campaign preparatory period, including media training, media monitoring, campaign logo design and research.

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Presidential campaign press releases and drafts including some from other parties.

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Text, transcripts, draft questions, correspondence and other material relating to interviews given by Mary Robinson (MR) as part of her presidential campaign, and about her and the election race, including transcript of The Sunday Show, RTÉ Radio 1 with subject of "Profile of Mary Robinson", 05/08/1990; transcript of Newsbeat - 6:30pm, Century Radio, with subject of "Presidential Election", 04/09/1990; text of article by MR's brother Henry Bourke, 12/09/1990; transcripts of News on Century Radio and Newsbeat on Capital Radio with subject of "Presidential Candidates", 18/09/1990; transcript of extract from Brian Lenihan's launch on RTÉ TV 1 News, 01/10/1990; transcript of extract on News, Century Radio with subject "Mary Robinson Campaign", 03/10/1990; material relating to a press conference, public lecture and reception at Queen's University Belfast, 11/10/1990; script for commercial to air on national television, [10-11]/1990; transcript of RTÉ Radio 1 segment on Pat Kenny show about odds on presidential candidates, 26/10/1990; list of questions for BBC Woman's Hour interview, 29/10/1990 and list of questions for interview with Irish Times, [05/10]/1990.

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Correspondence relating to press strategies, press interviews and the printing and posting of press material including letter from Brian MacLochlann, Executive Producer, RTÉ, sharing disappointment Mary Robinson (MR) had not agreed to facilitate making of documentary he had proposed, 18/09/1990; letter from Ruairí Quinn, Campaign Director, Campaign to Elect Mary Robinson, to Director General of RTÉ in relation to coverage campaign was getting on RTÉ, 24/09/1990; correspondence with Kevin Dawson, Sunday Tribune, listing assets, liabilities, income sources and other personal financial information 09-12/10/1990; material relating to visit to Spiddal in Gaeltacht [Irish speaking region], County Galway where MR was giving interview on Raidió na Gaeltachta and opening an Art exhibition, 16/10/1990. Also includes correspondence with Anne O'Donnell relating to MR's decision not to name her as press officer, a decision which AO'D did not take well, and which MR explained was due to MR's "already high profile in the abortion information area", 20-22/07/1990; faxed text of speech by Dick Spring TD, Leader of Labour Party, in Tralee, 14/09/1990 and faxed transcript extract of interview given by another candidate, Brian Lenihan referring to phone calls made by him and Taoiseach Charlie Haughey to the then President, 25/01/1990; letter from Larry O'Toole to Arthur Murphy, Mailbag programme, RTÉ relating to RTÉ's application of Section 31 censorship laws which saw earlier interviews with him, August 1990, as Chairperson of the Gateaux workers' Strike Committee, blocked from airing due to his membership of Sinn Féin 30/10/1990.

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Material relating to design of posters, flyers and other campaign publicity and sourcing of content including copies of Mary Robinson (MR)'s senate election addresses 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983 and 1987, MR's CV and drafts and correspondence relating to design of promotional material including pantone colour samples.

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Material consisting of and relating to reports and research polls conducted during the presidential election campaign showing voters preferences for candidates including Mary Robinson, along with research carried out ahead of certain visits by her on her campaign trail.

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Correspondence, brochures and templates relating to a Lansdowne Market Research conducted research poll of topical issues of concern of public polled, for use by Mary Robinson in her campaign.

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