Dominique Green, a death row inmate, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, 26/10/2004. Green was 18 when he robbed Andrew Lastrapes Jr outside a Houston convenience store, but he maintained until he died that he did not shoot him. Two of three accomplices were convicted of aggravated robbery and received prison terms. The third was not tried for the crime. Green was granted a reprieve hours before the scheduled execution which was then overturned. The execution went forward despite an 11th-hour appeal to the US Supreme Court. In the weeks before the execution, the family of the man Green was convicted of murdering joined in the struggle to have Green’s sentence commuted.

Material consists of print out of email from Judge Sheila M. Murphy (email address from Kathryn Gough) to Mary Robinson (MR) requesting her to join as amicus, 16/02/2004 with handwritten notated reply from MR declining which was then crossed out; printout of fax to MR from Murphy, 26/02/2004, requesting she look over attached Writ of Certiorari recently filed with the Supreme Court, ahead of Amicus Brief which was due following month.

It is unclear whether MR accepted invitation to join the Amicus brief.

Material consists of print out of email "Int[ernational] Amicus Alert - Castlerock v Gonzales", from Jordan J Paust, Law Foundation Professor, University of Houston, to list of recipients, 03/02/2005; print out of email sent from Peter Weiss to Mary Robinson (MR) in relation to the denial of permission to file amici brief in "Kiobel case", 03/11/2010.

It is unclear what MR’s involvement was in either case.

Material in this subsubseries relates to cases where Mary Robinson’s involvement was unknown, if it indeed existed.

Material in this file relates to the Japanese textile plant, ASAHI, and their application for licence under Pollution Control provisions for the Fisheries Acts in 1975.

File includes letter from Mayo County Council to An Taisce enclosing copies of the application form and supporting documentation submitted by Asahi, 03/05/1974; letter from RP Power, New Industries Division, Industrial Development Authority Ireland (IDA) to J O'Loughlin Kennedy, Director of An Taisce, in relation to SO2 concentrations which could be expected at the beaches of Easkey and Enniscrone, County Sligo, due to Asahi development at Killala, 21/05/1974; copy of document on Ballina Regional Water Supply Scheme, Mayo County Council delivered at IDA/Asahi meeting, Ballina, 23/05/1974; planning permission (02/08/1974), conditions and copy of Agreement made between Mayo County Council and Asahi Synthetic Fibres (Ireland) Limited and Asahi Spinning (Ireland) Limited, 31/07/1974; document from Mayo County Council on proposed development noting members of the council Engineering staff and representatives of the Japanese firm were prepared to meet with local organisations to deal with any queries, 197[4/5?]; report on visit by P.P. Donovan, MSc PhD, and Public Analyst and Dr Liam O'Se, TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish parliament], County Medical Officer to Water Research Centre, Stevenage, United Kingdom, 05/09/1974; photocopy of confidential report to Mayo County Council on tidal float surveys in Killala Bay, from Water Resources Division, An Foras Forbartha, [National Institute for Physical Planning and Construction Research Limited, which later is subsumed into the Environmental Protection Agency] 09/1974; photocopy of news release, statement by Asahi company on a press release issued by the Ballina Board of Conservators in February 1975, 13/03/1975; typed report of objections re proposal to lay industrial effluent outfall pipeline on the foreshore at Killa[la] Bay, background info on company, PP Donovan, MSc PhD, 17/05/1975; copy of typed press release from Ballina Board of Conservators, 197[5?]; photocopy of letter of objection to granting of permission for pipeline sent from John O'Loughlin, Kennedy, An Taisce to Secretary, Department of Transport & Power, 23/05/1975; Report on Industrial Developments at Killala Bay, E. Hannan, Chief Executive Officer, Western Health Board to members of the Ballina Board of Conservators, 30/05/1975; photocopies of correspondence received by Western Health Board from Seán Tobin, Board member, including several queries, June 1975; typed letter, and copy, to Senator Mary Robinson (MR) from [Breen?] representing several Fishing Organisations objecting to placing of the Asahi effluent pipe in the location chosen, 10/07/1975; background research material including photocopies of articles on effect of some nitrites on fish, n.d., copies of epidemiological study of health impairment among acrylonitrile workers, n.d., photocopy of extract from Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, hand drawn maps on graph paper of location of pipeline; photocopy of letter from James Farrell, Hon Secretary, Irish Federation of Sea Anglers, to Minister, Department of Transport and Power, in relation to their concern with the effluent disposal arrangements at the proposed factory of Asahi Chemical Industries Ltd at Tawnaghmore, Killala Bay, 16/07/1975; document "Asahi Dublin Port Development - Lifeline to the West" and cover letter from Goro Yoshizaki, Managing Director, Asahi Synthetic Fibres (Ireland) Limited, stating much of controversy based on misinformation 17/07/1975; letter from Mervyn Clarke, Radiologist and member of Board [Ballina Board of Conservators?] to MR which accompanied some of research material on Acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide, and which states that the board does not consider the Industrial Research and Standards as an independent body since they had been retained by Mayo County Council; photocopy of letter enclosing licence under the Pollution Control Provisions of the fisheries Act, from P.J. Maloney, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, to Goro Yoshizaki, Asahi Chemical Industry (Ireland) Ltd., 29/07/1975; letter from O'Loughlin Kennedy, An Taisce to MR referring to useful meeting with Asahi, 30/07/1975; handwritten notes including list of members of deputation to see Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries [Department], and Minister for Transport & Power, 31 July [1975] which includes MR as Senator and lists Adrian Bourke, bother of MR, as legal advisor; circular from Western Health Board to members re board meeting, 06/10/1975 to discuss queries raised by Seán Tobin, 30/09/1975; letter to Senator MR from office of Minister for Transport and Power in relation to the licence Minister offered to Asahi and issues she raised in previous correspondence, 15/10/1975; letter from O'Loughlin Kennedy to MR which she forwarded to Adrian Bourke, outlining general contents of conditions of licence agreement, 21-27/10/1975; photocopy of letter from Department of Transport and Power to Adrian Bourke outlining reasons licence was granted, 12/11/1975; letter from David Holden to MR relating to next meeting to be held (of deputation?) 21/11/1975; letter from Toshinori Onodera, Managing Director, Asahi to MR, enclosing updated brochure, 23/02/1976; letter to MR from member of public, James J Baskerville asking that she take action and enclosing letter he wrote to Irish times in 1975, 26/02/1977; cuttings 05/03/1975-11/7/1977.

File consists of letter from Richard Wolfe, City Solicitor, Limerick Corporation to Eleanor McPhillips, Treasurer, Irish Society for the Study and Practice of European Law, outlining problem Corporation had with a meat plant it had erected at considerable cost five years previously which needed to increase its throughput to make it viable but required an export licence which Government decided not to grant, and seeking advice on whether Corporation could challenge Government's decision as being contrary to European Economic Community (EEC) legislation, 19/01/1976; document "Export to EEC Countries of Frozen Carcase Meat", 18/02/1976 which gave advice; letter from Woulfe to Mr Hugh Fitzpatrick, thanking him for information he had sent [possibly copy of document, 18/02/1976?]; newspaper cuttings 18/02/1976.

Unclear from file what Mary Robinson’s involvement was.

Photocopy of Judgement given by Lord Keith of Kinkel, 18 Feb 93, House of Lords (UK) in case "Derbyshire County Council (Appellants) v Times Newspapers Ltd and others (Respondents)", which related to an action for damages for libel.

Unclear what Mary Robinson's involvement in this was - possibly research for her own libel cases against press.

Material in this file relates to a request from Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation to Mary Robinson (MR) via her brother, solicitor Adrian Bourke, for information on the whereabouts of files relating to a case taken by Mr Peter Kelly (since deceased) in 1978, for which MR may have worked as Counsel. The Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation wished for the information ahead of a new case they were taking against the Government of Ireland regarding deregulation of the taxi business, in 2010.

Material includes letter of request for information from John D. Ussher, President of the Federation to Adrian Bourke (AB), 26/04/2010 which included photocopy of news cutting from 1978, and photocopies of report of Mr Justice Costello, High Court, 26/07/1978 and of Order to dismiss appeal, 01/12/1978; letter from AB to MR, 28/04/2010 asking if she remembered case or who instructing solicitor was; letter from AB to Ussher in reply suggesting they seek information from the Central Office of the High Court, 28/04/2010.

Judgment of O'Higgins CJ, 09/12/1982, Richard O'Brien v Bord Na Mona and the Attorney General; Judgment of Henchy J, 05/07/1988, in Mary, John and Selina Hanrahan v Merck Sharp & Dohme (Ireland) Ltd.

Material in this subsubseries relates to Mary Robinson's work in the area of family planning legislation and is further subdivided into Family Planning 1970s covering the Family Planning (contraception) Bill and the Health (Family Planning) Bill 1978, the Irish Government's own bill (P143/1/3/1/1), Family Planning 1980s, including material relating to updates to the Family Planning Act, and to the insertion of the 8th amendment, which was inserted in the Irish constitution following a referendum in September 1983 and which by giving the unborn child equal rights to that of the mother, effectively prohibited abortion (P143/1/3/1/2), Family Planning 1990s (P143/1/3/1/3), Parliamentary Debates (P143/1/3/1/4), Government Bills (P143/1/3/1/5), related cuttings (P143/1/3/1/6) and related thesis (P143/1/3/1/7). Material includes correspondence both from those acting in professional capacity and from members of the public, reports, minutes, articles and cuttings.

Material in this subsubsubseries relates to two family planning bills put forward in the 1970s, namely the Family Planning (contraception) Bill put forward by the Labour party, which Mary Robinson was closely involved in, and the much more restrictive Health (Family Planning) Bill, put forward by the Irish Government as an alternative, draft versions thereof, and correspondence, reports and articles relating to same.