This folder, labelled "DAG" [Divorce Action Group], consists of material relating to the group which was set up in 1980 to advocate for divorce as a personal right and which campaigned for a YES vote in the 1986 referendum, and includes correspondence between the group and Mary Robinson, flyers, brochures, agendas, reports and a poster 09/04/1980-29/03/1987.

This folder consists of pamphlets, brochures and booklets including a booklet on Family violence published by Women's Aid, 1981; photocopy of newsletter for Family Law Reform Group, 01/1983 and campaign material both for and against the Divorce Referendum, 1986.

Material relating to launch of pamphlet on Foreign Divorce, by AIM Group for Family Law Reform, including summary of speech made by Mary Robinson (MR), cuttings and correspondence from Trisha McKay, Administrator, 30/04-16/05/1990; material relating to the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers annual meeting, Dublin, 05-09/09/1990 including schedule, summary of address given by Professor William Duncan, and letter of invite to MR to chair a panel from Catherine [?] 30/08/1990.

Material relating to the Marriage and Family Institute later to become the Clanwilliam Institute of which Mary Robinson (MR) was a Trustee, including memo on articles of association, annual report, correspondence, cuttings, flyers, material relating to the Family mediation service, summary of presentation by MR at Marital Breakdown Conference, Dun Laoghaire, 05/09/1986 and summary of speech by MR at formal opening of Clanwilliam Institute, 12/06/1989.

Newspaper cuttings relating to family law and divorce, 1976-1990.

Material in this file relates to cases of discrimination in various pension schemes towards illegitimate children, single mothers, children of widows/widowers not in the various pension schemes, and others and includes correspondence between Mary Robinson (MR) and Eddie Higgins, Secretary, Federated Workers Union of Ireland (FWUI) relating to dispute taken to Labour Court involving several State bodies, over non-cover of illegitimate children under public service Spouses and Children’s Pension Schemes, 15/05/1981-22/09/1981; letter to MR from multiple signatories, St. Catherines, Girls National School, Cabra, County Dublin, asking her to support to rectify omission of children of single parent teachers from the pension scheme being introduced by the Department of Education, 198[1?]; correspondence between Sylvia Meehan, Employment Equality Agency and the Department of Health relating to lack of survivor's benefits for widowers and children of female members of the Voluntary Hospitals Superannuation Scheme, 16-26/06/1981; booklet of Trinity College Dublin's Pension Scheme, which showed no pension scheme for female staff, 09/07/1981; correspondence with Philomena Curran, Lecturer in Botany, University College Galway, in relation to female staff having to pay into pension scheme but getting no benefits, 22/09-12/10/1981.

Various Acts and bills 1930-81 relating to Family Law including Illegitimate Children Act 1930, Legitimacy Act 1931, Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935, Children Act 1941, Married Women's Status Act 1957, Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, Succession Act 1965, Marriages Bill 1972, Illegitimate Children (Maintenance and Succession) Bill 1974, Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Bill 1975, Family Home Protection Act 1976, Maternity Protection of Employees Act 1981, Family Law Act 1981, Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981, Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986, Status of Children Act 1987, Adoption act 1988, Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989.

Judgment of Mr Justice Barrington 11/01/1982 in petition to nullify marriage brought by husband against wife RSJ and JSJ; judgment by Chief Justice Finlay, 16/3/1988 re Attorney General at the relation of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Ireland ltd & Open Door counselling ltd and the Dublin Wellwoman Centre; judgment by Finlay, 19/12/1989 re The Soc for the Protection of Unborn Children & Stephen Grogan and others.

Photocopies of various court judgements taken from "the Irish Reports" including Educational Company of Ireland v Fitzpatrick and others (members of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks), 10/05/1960-13/12/1961; The State (Diana Shanahan) and the Attorney General, 15/05/1961-20/07/1962 and the State (Michael Browne) v District Justice John P Feran and others, 13/04-24/07/1967.

Irish Court judgements and photocopies of same including in Quinn's Supermarket v The Attorney General & Minister for Industry & Commerce, delivered by Justices Walsh and Kenny, 02/04/1971; Kathleen Byrne v Ireland and The Attorney General, delivered by Justices Walsh and Budd, 30/07/1971; Mary McGee v The Attorney General and the Revenue Commissioners, by Justices Benchy, Griffin, Budd and Chief Justice Fitzgerald, 19/12/1973 [Archivist’s Note: Mary Robinson didn't work on this although according to her memoire it's presumed she did]; Francis Mulloy v Minister for Education and The Attorney General, delivered by Justice Butler, 22/03/1974; The State (at the Prosecution of Michael Byrne) v John Frawley, delivered by Justice Finlay 12/07/1976 and Chief Justice O'Higgins and Justice Henchy 15/12/1977; The State (at the Prosecution of KM and RD) and The Minister for Foreign Affairs M Burke Passport Officer and the Attorney General, delivered by Justice Finlay, 29/05/1978; Cityview Press and Oliver Fogarty, V An Chomhairle Oiliúna, The Minister for Labour and The Attorney General, delivered by Justice McMahon, 28/05/1976 and by Chief Justice O'Higgins, 20/12/1978; G v An Bord Uchtala [the Adoption Board], delivered by Justices Kenny, Parke, Walsh and Chief Justice O'Higgins, 19/12/1978 and Eilish Crowley, Kathleen McCarthy and others v Ireland, The Minister for Education, the Attorney General, the Irish National Teachers Organisation, Brendan Gillespie and others, delivered by Justice Kenny, and Chief Justice O'Higgins, 01/10/1979.