Reports, agendas, correspondence, background information and handwritten notes relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), February 1984, including relating to NIF sessions, 2, 9, 17 and 23 February 1984 and the drafting of NIF's final report. Includes material relating to "Joint Authority" [equal sharing of responsibility and authority for all aspects of the government of Northern Ireland by the governments of Great Britain and Ireland], to "Unitary state" and to "Federal/Confederal" option, 02/1984; list of submissions received by NIF as of 02/02/1984; submission from Dr Sean Cooney, Bray, County Wicklow, 04-09/02/1984; draft questions for MR to pose during one of the oral sessions, 08/02/1984; letter from Joe Birmingham, Chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party, to MR, congratulating her on her "handling of the questions to the Bishops" at NIF session, 15/02/1984; envelope with draft chapters of NIF reports, correspondence and notations, 08-16/02/1984 and further loose drafts including comments by MR on previous versions; letters of support and queries on work of the NIF from John Robb, Chairman, New Ireland Group, Belfast, Mr Christopher McGimpsey, Belfast, Canon Eric Elliott, Belfast and Mr Eric Dunlop, Dublin, 11-27/02/1984; typed list of delegation from the Catholic Hierarchy which attended NIF session; report "The Permeability of the United Kingdom-Irish Border - A Preliminary Reconnaissance, John Whyte, Queen's University Belfast, [02?]/1984.

Reports, agendas, correspondence, background information and handwritten notes relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), March 1984, including relating to NIF sessions, 2, 8, 22 and 28 March 1984 and the drafting of NIF's final report. Includes correspondence between MR and Mr Will Glendinning, Alliance Assembly Member, Stormont, Belfast with discussion paper on Joint Sovereignty by the Alliance Party Research Centre, 23/02-2/03/1984; copy of paper "Federalism - A Path to Peace in Europe: The Northern Ireland Problem", originally prepared for seminar in 1981 which was sent by Martin Hawkes to Chairman of NIF to aid with drafting of NIF's final report, 06/03/1984; March 1984 copies of "The Dissenter", newsletter of the New Ireland Group, with editorial "The Bishops at the Forum" relating to their submission to NIF; NIF drafts for chapters 4 and 5 of final report; list of submissions to NIF as of 21 March 1984 (total 317); Secretariat draft summary material relating to DKM study "Macro-economic Consequences of Integrated Economic Planning, Policy and Co-ordination in Ireland"; draft of chapter 3 "Origins of the Problem - Failure of 1920 Settlement", with notation from MR, 28/02/1984.

Reports, agendas, correspondence, background information and handwritten notes relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), April 1984, including relating to NIF sessions, 13, 29 and 30 April 1984 and the drafting of NIF's final report. Includes typed letter from Dermot O'Connor to MR relating to the discussion between members of NIF and representatives of the Catholic Hierarchy on 9th February, 04/04/1984; drafts and amendments to drafts of NIF final report, some with notation, 06-30/04/1984; typed letter from Andrew Colman, Producer, Television Current Affairs, BBC to MR thanking her for her contribution to their programme on work of NIF, 10/04/1984; typed letter from Diarmaid McGuinness, Office of the Tánaiste [Irish Deputy Prime Minister], to members of NIF setting out structure of final report, 17/04/1984.

Reports, agendas, correspondence, background information and handwritten notes relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), May 1984, including relating to NIF sessions, 2 May 1984 and the drafting of NIF's final report. Includes photocopy of text of address by Tánaiste [Irish Deputy Prime Minister] and Leader of the Labour Party, Dick Spring to the NIF, 02/05/1984; draft summary of DKM report; photocopy of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Motion for a Resolution on the report of the New Ireland forum presented by Mr Oliver J Flanagan and others, 09/05/1984; typed letter from [Keith Kyle], Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), London, apologising for missing opportunity for group to brief NIF, and attaching draft interim report on Anglo-Irish Parliamentary Council by RIIA secretary and seeking feedback, [05?]/1984.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), June 1984, consisting of typed letter to MR from Keith Kyle, Royal Institute of International Affairs, giving feedback from himself and his colleagues on NIF report, and in particular in relation to the Joint Authority aspect, 05/06/1984; report "How to Read the New Ireland Forum report- Searching Between the Lines for a realistic Framework for Action", Professor Kevin Boyle, and Dr Tom Hadden, Queen's University Belfast, 06/1984.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work on the New Ireland Forum (NIF), July-October 1984, consisting of photocopy of transcript of debate on NIF in UK House of Commons, 04/07/1984; typed letter to MR from Senator Michael Ferris noting amendment she had suggested to the Independent Groups Motion on the NIF would be taken as a Government amendment, 09/08/1984; correspondence between Mr and Brian J Gallagher, Irish Information Partnership in relation to his query on whether she could put down parliamentary questions on a regular basis to be answered by the Irish government [so as to update relevant data], 24/07-01/10/1984.

Bound submissions to New Ireland forum (Fifth circulation to members). Includes submissions from Conradh na Gaeilge, Association of Interchurch Families, Young Fine Gael, Association for Legal Justice (Belfast), INTO [Irish National teachers Organisation] and Democratic Socialist Party.

Loose submissions sent to New Ireland Forum in 1984 including from Desmond Fennell, ref no B.1/164; Belfast Group of Unionists (Conveyed through Glencree Reconciliation Centre), ref no B.1/169; "The Catholic School System in Northern Ireland", "The Protection and Support of the Family", "Alienation of Catholics in Northern Ireland", and "Ecumenism in Ireland"; Mr Christopher D McGimpsey, Belfast, ref no B.1/246; Clive Sorley, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom, ref no B1/260.

Correspondence to Mary Robinson from Mary H Canon, President, The United Irish and American Society of Illinois, United States of America, in relation to and including the position paper adopted by the society on 6 September 1985 discussing the New Ireland Forum Report and its conclusions which had been recently adopted as foreign policy by the government of Ireland.

Newspaper cuttings relating to the New Ireland Forum, arranged chronologically across 6 files.