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.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/6/7

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).

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7

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

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/1

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.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/2

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.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/3

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

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/4

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.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/5

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.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/7/6

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].

Ref: P143/4/5/3/8

Material in this subseries relates to schedules, itineraries and engagements of Mary Robinson during her Presidential term and consists of an events master list for Áras an Uachtaráin [the official residence of the President of Ireland] (P143/4/3/1), daily and weekly engagement lists (P143/4/3/2) and yearly planners belonging to Bride Rosney, Special Adviser to the President (P143/4/3/3).

Ref: P143/4/3