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This file consists of correspondence between Mary Robinson and Gerald Moloney, solicitor, including in relation to fees and to Application for Discovery and Application for Further and Better Discovery due to Minister for Justice claim to privilege.

Case represented in material here relates to a Deportation order for Leopold and Maria Schollen to Belgium. Both arrived in Ireland ca. July 1983 and set up business as fine art dealers, auctioneers, and as cabinet maker (Leopold). Both had worked in Belgium prior as fine art dealers and were convicted of offences in relation to sale of forged paintings. Applied to Gardaí [Irish police force] for registration permits ca. Sep 1983 and were asked for passports which were in turn confiscated by Belgian authorities. Minister refused application for residence with no grounds given, and this was appealed. Assumption of Jerry Healy, Junior Counsel, is that in absence of extradition treaty between two countries, only way for Belgian police to get hands on Leopold and Maria Schollen was if they were deported, and Belgian police therefore influenced decision.

Extradition requested in November 1983 and refused January 1984, expulsion requested March 1984, Decision to Deport 16/04/1984, Injunction on Deportation May 1984 Judge Keane, High Court Hearing 25/06/1984, Application for Discovery March 1985, Order 12/03/1985, Mr. Justice Lardner, Application for Further and Better Discovery March 198[6?], Order 30/07/1986 Justice Gannon. As of 1990 seems to have remained up-in-the-air with neither party pushing it.

Mary Robinson worked as Senior Counsel on this case which is arranged across two files.

File of manuscript notes and writings by Lelia Doolan and relating to her PhD research, which was entitled "Elements of the Sacred and Dramatic in Some Belfast Urban Enclaves". Some notes are headed "Philosophy of Religion". possibly lecture notes taken by Doolan while studying at Queen's University Belfast.

File of research material related to PhD work by Lelia Doolan. Includes pamphlets entitled "Orange Songs and Ballads"; issue of "Ulster Worker" newsletter, edition 4, Vol. 1, July 1974; also newspaper cutting of stories and articles relating to Northern Irish politics of the early and mind 1970s. Also includes issue of Ballyfermot Newsletter (Dublin) 4 May 1974.

File with press cuttings about Lelia Doolan, largely related to Irish film in the early 1990s. Note: Other press cuttings relating to other work by Doolan are present in various other series, namely 'Abbey Theatre Dublin', 'Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey', 'Irish Film Board', 'Galway Film Fleadh' and 'RTÉ', among others in this archive; text of speech by Lelia Doolan as part of series held by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins (17 Nov 2022) entitled "Memory and Imagination Mediated for a 'Mass' Audience"; "RTÉ is in Freefall - Send for Lelia Doolan" by Shane Ross (Sunday Independent 28 Apr 2024); Photograph double page in the Irish Times with coverage of Doolan's charity parachute jump on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Files of personal material from the career and life of Lelia Doolan - relating mainly to family letters, Doolan's PhD research, notes and writings.

Circulars and letters sent from the Leinster Provincial federation to guilds in Leinster.

Material in this file consists of correspondence between Mary Robinson and Blake Kenny solicitors, Galway who represented a Garage proprietor in Galway and includes brief, an extract from the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community and cover letter requesting her legal opinion (16/12/1982) and reply promising same (21/12/1982). No further documentation.

Copy of TS prospectus for legal studies at U.C.G., prepared by the Dean's Office and outlining an introduction to legal studies at U.C.G. as well as course options at undergraduate and postgraduate level.