File 7 - Statements and addresses in relation to Divorce Law, 1980s

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This file consists of typed copies of statements and contributions by Mary Robinson (MR) and others in relation to Divorce Law in Ireland. It includes contribution by MR "Divorce - Time for Action", Liberty Hall, Dublin 22/04/1980, with notation; address by Right Reverence Monsignor Gerard Sheehy, press release and abstract of address by Justice Costello, The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland Symposium on The Family and The Law, 11/10/1980; report on Family Law workshops, Council for the Status of Women seminar, 15-16/11/1980 and draft recommendations, 21/01/1981; speech by Senator MR "Divorce: Labour's Commitment", to Dublin Regional Council, Liberty Hall, 03/12/1981; summary of contribution by MR at public meeting on Divorce, Dub Laoghaire, 11/03/1982, Liberty Hall, Dublin 12/03/1982, Malahide, 11/06/1985; statement by the Tánaiste and Leader of the Labour Party, Dick Spring TD [Teachta Dála, member of Dáil Éireann, lower house of Irish Parliament] , in relation to the Oireachtas Committee on Marital Breakdown, 24/06/1983; press release from Irish Association of Social Workers, 01/05/1986; "The Divorce Referendum", speech by Barry Desmond TD, Minister for Health, at Labour Party Selection Convention, Dub Laoghaire, 08/05/1986; "Divorce - A Response to the Bishops", summary of contribution by MR, at public meeting organised by Divorce Action Group, Malahide, 14/05/1986; "Divorce - The Right to Remarry", summary of contribution by MR, at public meeting organised by Divorce Action Group, Victor Hotel [Dub Laoghaire], 29/05/1986; press statement, [lawyers for Family Law?], 30/05/1986; "Divorce Referendum - A Watershed for the Country", summary of contribution by MR, at Divorce Action Group meeting, Coolmine Community School, Dublin 05/06/1986; "The Courts, The Constitution and The Family", two-part article for the Irish Times, MR, [06/1986]; statement from The Anti-Divorce Campaign, "We Reject the Tenth Amendment", May 1986; statement on behalf of the Workers in the Women's Aid Refuge, "Who are currently in dispute with the Council of Women's Aid". [02]/1989; Labour Women's National Council, Family Law Sub-Committee interim statement on Nullity/Divorce, 19[7?].

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