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.

Ref: P143/4/1/5/7

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.

Ref: P143/4/1/3

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.

Ref: P143/4/1/3/2

Photocopies of report on Lansdowne Market Research polls conducted to examine who public were most likely to vote for as president, from list of 8 candidates, with handwritten notes on changes between May and June 1990.

Ref: P143/4/1/3/1

Lansdowne Market Research Report "Lansdowne/Sunday Press Presidential Opinion Poll, November 1st 1990"; typed letter from Robin J Addis, Managing Director, Lansdowne Market Research to Fergus Finlay, and cc'd to Nicholas Robinson (NR), in relation to Finlay's book "Mary Robinson - a President with a purpose", which disclosed that NR had commissioned a private qualitative research project, which Addis stated was confidential information, and which he was worried would reflect badly on the company since they were bound by very strict code of ethics. Polls were also conducted on behalf of others including Sunday Business Post and Sunday Press, and as a point of information, Addis draws attention to a poll conducted in October which was never published "because the 'tapes' episode blew up", but which showed the same number of first preference votes for MR as she actually received on 6th November, and concluding "...thus Mary Robinson had almost closed the gap on Brian Lenihan before the tapes episode. Given the momentum emerging at the time, pollsters would (should) have predicted that Mary Robinson would have been elected - albeit by a very slim margin - without any assistance from Fianna Fáil, Brian Lenihan or Charles Haughey over the tapes affair", 19/12/1990, [see Archivist's Note, P143/4/1].

Ref: P143/4/1/3/5

Lansdowne Market Research (LMR) Presidential Opinion Poll 15-25 September 1990 (field work carried out 15-25/09/1990) report dated 11/10/1990 with cover letter from Robin Addis, LMR to Nick Robinson, 11/10/1990; MRBI Survey Report "The Irish Times/MRBI Poll, The Presidential Election. Satisfaction Ratings and Current Party Support. October 1990.", [14?]/10/1990, (x2) with newspaper cutting, 14/10/1990; correspondence from Robin Addis, LMR, to Nick Robinson with results of poll "taken before the Duffy tape affair blew up on Thursday", 28/10/1990 [see Archivist's Note, P143/4/1]

Ref: P143/4/1/3/4

Correspondence and reports from Lansdowne Market Research (LMR), September 1990 consisting of ringbound fax from Robin Addis, LMR outlining list of topics they envisaged covering, 03/09/1990; ringbound report "0L-333 Presidential Election Research Study", notes on groups being interviewed on 5th and 6th September (x2); report of findings (x2) "Mary Robinson Presidential Election Campaign, September 1990".

Ref: P143/4/1/3/3

Research material relating to campaign including some received through correspondence, and/or ahead of campaign trail visits. Includes material relating to Huntington's Disease, 20/10/1986-1988; survey report "Educational Participation in Ireland", Mícheál Mac Gréil, Nessa Winston, Social Sciences Department, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, 02/1990; proposal "Wasteland Wonderland - An East Wall Watersport Development Proposals", no date; correspondence from Dr Christopher Small, Grove Residents Association and documentation relating to St Crispin's Cell and site at Rathdown, 27/09-10/10/1990; ringbound manifest for Fine Gael Presidential candidate Austin Currie, "A New Style of Presidency", 1990.

Ref: P143/4/1/3/6

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).

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