Material in this file relates to the administration of Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland, for 1992. It includes correspondence relating to staffing and administration at Áras an Uachtaráin including handwritten letter from Col [PJ] McNally, Senior Aide-de-Camp (ADC) in relation to improving and regulating the rostering of ADCs, 07/02/1992; typed memo on courtesy call by Chief of State in relation to replacing current ADC and task of hiring a replacement, 20/05/1992; typed list of annual leave being taken by members of staff for summer holidays 1992, forwarded to MR by Kay Gleeson, Assistant Secretary to the President, 10/06/1992;typed memo from Gleeson, to Ann Lane, [Personal Assistant to President], noting that the presentation of New Year's Greetings to the President and Mr Robinson by the Diplomatic Corps had been arranged for the following January 23rd 199[3?], 02/12/1992.

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Material in this file relates to the administration of Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the President of Ireland, for 1993. It includes correspondence relating to staffing and administration at Áras an Uachtaráin including typed memo from Kay Gleeson, Personnel Officer to Household staff, ADC [Aide-de-Camp] and Secretariat Staff in relation to the introduction of new procedures to meet operational and security needs of Áras an Uachtaráin, which resulted in all requests for services needing to be made through the Services Manager, Katherine Lynch, 02/03/1993; typed memo from Peter Ryan (P) to MR in relation to Security Personnel, to a replacement for Sean Lee, the first SDU due for rotation, to MR's wish that Julie King be assigned, and to concerns from SDU [The Special Detective Unit (SDU) is the main domestic security agency of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland, under the aegis of the Crime & Security Branch] that an all-female team would not provide sufficient security, 21/07/1993; typed memo from PR to MR in relation to a Management Services survey which was due and the need to introduce a computer network system to run a Lotus Notes application, 03/11/1993; typed memo from Kay Gleeson in relation to Christmas and New Year Leave arrangements, 07/12/1993; typed memo from PR to MR in relation to need to put leave by SDU and drivers on a proper footing, 09/12/1993; typed memo from Kay Gleeson to Ann Lane, [Personal Assistant to President], noting that the presentation of New Year's Greetings to the President and Mr Robinson by the Diplomatic Corps had been arranged for the following January 12th, 16/12/1993.

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Handwritten apology from James Gaughan and Tony Martin for missing their appointment to take MR back to Áras, because they were checking on a security issue ahead of her visit to Fernhill Gardens later in the week, and had been delayed, 10/06/1994; typed report from Katerine Lynch, Catering and Services Manager, on meetings on 2nd November, between her and Rosaleen McBride and Martina Weir, in relation to the catering needs of Áras an Uachtaráin, her perception of their reluctance to accept instructions from her, the resulting misunderstandings and failures leading to unnecessary tension, and Lynch's dissatisfaction with the running of the kitchen, the lowering of standards and staff morale, with an additional report on subsequent meeting with McBride alone, later that day, to clarify certain "unacceptable behaviour on her behalf", 12/11/1994.

Photocopy typed memo from Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, to Col Howard and post-it which was attached to original to President Mary Robinson from PR, in relation to Security Detail, and changes made by An Garda Síochána regarding duty hours for members of the President's personal security detail, 24-26/01/1995.

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Material relating to Áras an Uachtaráin (Áras) and surrounding grounds, 1995, including photocopy of refurbishment proposals submitted by Niall Parsons, Project Architect, New Works, 09/06/1995; two photocopies of outline "Creative Approach for a Visitor Centre", ProMedia Ltd., 13/06/1995; two faxes from Colm to Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, and from PR to MR in relation to comments of first reading of Visitor Centre proposals, 21-23/06/1994; two memos from PR to MR in relation to the visitor centre, the need for project to have a director/co-ordinator, the suggestion Kevin Casey be approached to that end, and news he had accepted to be more involved, 04-05/07/1995; handwritten notes [Nick Robinson's?] in relation to furnishings of Áras.

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Blue leather-covered book with gold edging and lettering, in English and Irish, giving history of Áras an Uachtaráin and its inhabitants, produced during President Mary Robinson (MR)'s successor President Mary McAleese's term of office, and presented in blue leather custom case, with State emblem, the Harp, embossed on cover.

[Archivist' Note: While work to update the building and grounds is covered in this book, very little reference is made to the substantial work that was instigated by MR and NR and carried out during MR's presidency, apart from brief reference to the Visitor Centre being opened.]

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Texts of addresses made by Mary Robinson (MR), October - December 1990, as a Presidential candidate, and as the newly elected President of Ireland, and material relating to those addresses, including photocopy of "The Implications of 1992 For Women": remarks given at press breakfast for Women Journalists, Powers Hotel, Dublin, 09/10/1990; photocopy of "Equality - the Task For The 1990s": summary of contribution given by MR at Conference on Social Policy organised by the Socialist Group of the European Parliament, Dublin, 12/10/1990; text of MR's acceptance speech, 09/11/1990; two faxed letters from John Temple Lang, giving MR advice on what to include in her inauguration speech, and in addresses in her first year, 09-11/11/1990; text of address by MR on her inauguration as President, 03/12/1990, and downloaded copy of same from Media Library.

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Texts and photocopies of texts of addresses made by President Mary Robinson (MR) at various events, January - March 1993, including at presentation of New Year's Greetings by members of the Diplomatic Corps, 13/01/1993; launch of publication "The History of Ballymore Eustace", Ballymore estate, County (Co.) Kildare, 23/001/1993; "Human Rights at the Dawn of the 21st Century", conclusions by MR as General Rapporteur at Interregional meeting organised by the Council of Europe in advance of the World Conference on Human rights, Strasbourg, 28-30/01/1993, along with two copies of Human Rights Quarterly, The Johns Hopkins University Press, November 1993 in which it is reproduced; presentation of The President Robinson Award for Design of Travellers' Accommodation, Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland],02/02/1993; launch of study "Charitable Giving and Volunteering", NCIR [?], 03/02/1993; visit to Jameson Heritage Centre, Midleton, Co. Cork, 09/02/1993; launch of Inner City Organisation Network, 12/02/1993; exhibition by Friends of The Elderly Foundation to mark "1993 - European Year of Older People and Solidarity Between Generations", 12/02/1993; Co-operation North Cross-border Art Exhibition, 05/03/1993; unveiling of plaque to Katherine Tynan, Tallaght, Co. Dublin, 08/03/1993; annual congress of CHEAD (The Conference of Higher Education in Art and Design), 11/03/1994; opening of AGM of National Children's Nurseries Association, 12/03/1993; launch of "Anne Frank in the World" exhibition, 15/03/1993; opening of Tallaght Schools Festival, 30/03/1994.

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Texts and photocopies of texts of addresses made by President Mary Robinson at various events, 1994, including "Ireland: The European Union and Eastern Europe. A Shared Future", at United States [of America] Council on Foreign Relations. 09/03/1994; "'We The Peoples of The United Nations...' Renewing That Determination", Irish Times/Harvard Colloquium, John F Kennedy School of Government, Boston, United States of America, 11/03/1994, and copies of the Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates of the 103d Congress, Second Session, Senate, Washington, 22/03/1993 in which her address was introduced and entered into the record by Senator Edward Kennedy; "Sustainable Development - But For Whom?", Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture, on invite of CAFOD [Catholic Agency for Overseas Development], Manchester, England, 17/04/1994; opening of Strokestown Park House Famine Museum, 14/05/1994; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 24/06/1994; Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 29/06/1994.

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Material relating to "Tolerance", an address by President Mary Robinson (MR) at NEXUS Ireland and UN50 Anniversary Dinner, Dublin Castle, 22/12/1995 including text of address and various drafts with notation; background material on NEXUS Ireland, an initiative of the Youth Board of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; programme for "Freedom of Religion and Belief and The UN Year for Tolerance" conference in The Barbican Centre, City of London, September, which has quotes on Tolerance from many including MR; other background material including pamphlet from Island Pamphlets, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland on Shankill Think Tank, 1995, articles by Fintan O'Toole "Toppling The Dreary Steeples: 25 Years of Change in Ireland", Dr Garret FitzGerald, T.D. [and former Taoiseach], "Thoughts on Two Cultures: Learning to Live Together", Annual Memorial Lecture, 25/02/1988, Tess Hurson, "Picasso in Portadown: The Changing Faces of Rural Arts", presented to Irish Association Annual Conference, 10/1995, Gabriel Daly "Religion on the Defensive" and "Irish Catholicism - A Monolith?", and Máire Mac Aongusa, "The Alienation of Irish Travellers From the Educational System", 199[3-5?].

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