'There are Tragedies and Tragedies', written by George Fitzmaurice and directed by Garry Hynes. Produced at Fo'castle Theatre, Dominick Street, Galway as part of the Summer Season of Anglo-Irish Theatre. Includes printed program (One copy) detailing members of cast and production crew, biographical details of cast and information on the author. TS single sheet detailing cast and crew details and information on the author (3 copies). 8 pp. See also 'Photographs'.

This case relates to Mrs Theresa Emmott endeavouring to retrospectively recover benefits which had not been paid to her since a European Community Directive came into effect on 23 December 1984, the Irish government's attempts to plead that the her delay in initiating proceedings constituted a bar to her claim and the European Court of Justice judgement that domestic limitation periods could not begin until a Directive had been properly transposed.

Mrs Emmott is married and has two dependent children. As from 2 December 1983 she received a disability benefit under the Irish social security legislation. Until 18 May 1986 she received that benefit only at the reduced rate applicable, at that time, to all married women. Following amendments to the Irish legislation, her benefit was adjusted three times. From 19 May 1986 she received a benefit at the rate applicable to a man or woman but without any increases for dependent children. It was only from 17 November 1986 that those increases were granted to her. Finally, in June 1988 she was granted, with retroactive effect to 28 January 1988, an invalidity pension calculated at the personal rate normally applicable to a man or woman, together with an increase for dependent children.

Mary Robinson worked as Senior Counsel on this case until her inauguration as President of Ireland when Mary Finlay replaced her as counsel, and material is arranged across two files.

This file consists of correspondence 04/01/1990-02/03/1993 between Mary Robinson (MR), Senior Counsel, Gerard [Gerry] Durcan, Junior Counsel, and Aidan Reynolds, Gallagher Shatter solicitors and includes copy of letter from J A Pompe, Deputy Registrar, Court of Justice of the European Communities, 09/08/1990, letter from Ann Lane to Brian Gallagher, Gallagher Shatter solicitors referring to Mary Finlay S.C. replacing MR (13/12/1990), and correspondence relating to fees.

This file consists of case documents (legal), handwritten case notes and research notes including copy of Notice of Motion, High Court Judicial Review between Theresa Emmott Applicant AND the Minister for Social Welfare and the Attorney General Respondents, 21/07/1988; copy of Affidavit of Theresa Emmott, with attached Exhibits referenced in Affidavit, 28/07/1988; draft Affidavit of Sally Keogh, expert witness in relation to various provisions of Social Welfare Acts [1988?]; copy of Statement, 21/07/1988; Proposed Questions for reference to ECJ [European Court of Justice], with cover fax to David Byrne, S.C. for Respondents, 20/11/1989; copy of Submission of Applicant to High Court to make reference to Court of Justice, [1989/1990?]; transcript [of High Court order?, 1990]; copy of Submissions of Respondents [1989/1990?]; draft Submissions to President and Members of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, 20/09/1990; draft reference and reference to the Court of Justice 12/07/1990; draft legal submissions with notation [1990?].

Files relating to design by Joe Vaněk for the production of Therese Raquin by Emile Zola, adapted by Nicholas Wright.

Theses, Dissertations and other studies on Mary Robinson as President

Ref: P143/4/17

Photocopy of thesis completed by Ann Hope and submitted for the Ruskin Labour Studies Diploma, with the title of "From Civil Rights to Guerilla War: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association's Struggle for Democracy 1969 - 1972".

Typescript thesis completed by Etienne Rynne and submitted for the Travelling Studentship in Archaeology in September 1956. Entitled "Irish Iron Weapons of the Pre-Norman Time". Some letters and photographs are inserted between the leaves of the thesis. The letters date from 1966 to 2005 and are written and/or received by Rynne and where information was checked within the thesis for others.

Typescript drafts by Lelia Doolan from her PhD thesis, chapters 1 - 3 entitled "Sacred and Dramatic in Ballymurphy People's Theatre and in Ballymurphy/Ballymacarrett Video Groups.

Typescript drafts by Lelia Doolan from her PhD thesis, chapters 4 - 7 entitled "Sacred and Dramatic in Ballymurphy People's Theatre and in Ballymurphy/Ballymacarrett Video Groups."