Correspondence including copies of replies to letters received by President Mary Robinson (MR), sent on her behalf by Bride Rosney (BR), Special Adviser to the President, and Ann Lane, Personal Assistant to the President, December 1995, including to Dr TD Heyerdahl-O'Dowd, Cytology/Pathology Department, University College Hospital, Galway in relation to MR attending 10th annual meeting of the Irish Association for Clinical Cytology, 01/12/1995; to Sean Lawlor, Carrigaline & District Lions Club, Co. Cork, in relation to MR possibly opening residential units for the elderly, 01/12/1995; to Richard McCafferty, Tidy Towns Committee, Glenties, Co. Donegal and Dr Peter Tyndall, Foyle Fisherman's Co-op, Greencastle, Co. Donegal in relation to MR visiting, 05/12/1995; to Dr Fergus Connolly in relation to The Connaught Telegraph, the oldest provincial newspaper in Ireland in continuous publication, acquiring new premises and updating technology, and possibility of MR performing opening, 05/12/1995; to Arthur Gibney, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, in relation to MR opening annual exhibition in 1996, 05/12/1995; to Theo Dorgan, Poetry Ireland Dublin, in relation to MR meeting him and other representatives in Áras an Uachtaráin (Áras) [official residence of the President of Ireland], 06/12/1995; to Jonathan Williams in relation to Adi Roche's book "Children of Chernobyl", and invite from MR for Adi and others involved in the book and project to come to Áras, 08/12/1995; to Ms Anita Hayes, Irish Seed Saver Association, re invitation from MR to representatives to attend Áras to mark launch of a national collection of native Irish apples, and to MR's request the large group would include members from Northern Ireland doing similar work, 08/12/1995; to Dr Youself Allan, Head of the Palestine Delegation of Ireland, London, thanking him for sending prints of photographs of His Excellency, Yassar Arafat taken during his visit to Áras, 08/12/1995; to Ms Noreen Byrne, Chairwoman, National Women's Council of Ireland, suggesting she make courtesy call to Áras, 11/12/1995; to Sr Rosanne Doyle, St Mary's School for Hearing Impaired Children, Dublin, in relation to invite for students and teachers to Áras to mark 150 years since the foundation of the school, 20/12/1995; to Dr Ben Whitaker, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, London, England, in relation to summary report he sent of the Commission of Children and Violence, and a request for her to meet him on his next visit to Dublin, 21/12/1995; to Commodore JJ Kavanagh, Naval Headquarters, Dept. of Defence, Dublin in relation to request for signed photograph of MR, Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, for inclusion in 50th anniversary programme of the Naval Service, 22/12/1995.
Responses also include several to members of the public who requested autographs, sent gifts or Christmas cards/greetings, several regrets to invitations MR was unavailable to attend, several responses to letters of praise on MR's work including relating to United States of America President William Clinton's visit and addresses regarding the Famine, several responses relating to invitations for garden parties at Áras, responses to media interview requests, and responses from MR including to Brendan Mullen in relation to MR officially opening the archives at St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin, 15/12/1995; to Senator Edward Kennedy in relation to address she gave at Yale Law School which he had entered in to the Congressional Senate Record to mark International Human Rights Day, and which she had just received a copy of through his office 18/12/1995; to Noel Kissane, Education Officer, National Library of Ireland, thanking him for copy of their publication "The Irish Famine: A Documentary History", which marked the first year of centenary commemorations, 18/12/1995; to Ms Sarah Geoghegan and Ms Betty Roche in relation to the discovery of the body by Geoghagan of Mattie Swan (Roche's husband) in the grounds of Áras, and the trauma that caused [Swan had been sleeping rough in Phoenix Park near the grounds of the Áras, had died of a heart attack, and was discovered by Geoghagan while out jogging] 21/12/1995.
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