# mary-robinson - Monday 15 April, 2013
# Hunger
# Hunger
The deal was signed during the opening day of a major international conference focussing on climate change, hunger and poor nutrition.
# Dublin
# Dublin
Former US Vice-President Al Gore is amongst those who will attend the event, which is being held by the Government and the Mary Robinson Foundation.
# mary-robinson - Monday 18 March, 2013
# United Nations
# United Nations
The announcement was welcomed by NGOs working in the region as well as Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.
# mary-robinson - Sunday 17 March, 2013
# Bród
From The Daily Edge
# Bród
From James Joyce to the White House.
# mary-robinson - Friday 1 February, 2013
# Pic Of The Day
From The Daily Edge
# Pic Of The Day
Dustin the Turkey told Mary Robinson that she had smelly feet!
# mary-robinson - Friday 30 November, 2012
# Read Me
# Read Me
In his new book, Tom Clonan details the ups and downs of his tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in the 1990s and how ‘Mary Robinson wears no knickers’ becomes a common greeting…
# mary-robinson - Sunday 19 August, 2012
# Famous Words
# Famous Words
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Ivana Bacik picks a speech by Ireland’s first female president, Mary Robinson .
# mary-robinson - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
# Science
# Science
The Euroscience Open Forum runs from today until Sunday at the Convention Centre. It will hear from the likes of Mary Robinson and the director general of the CERN laboratory.
# mary-robinson - Friday 15 June, 2012
# Honoured
# Honoured
Former President Mary Robinson and novelist Edna O’Brien were among the 25 women celebrated last night.
# mary-robinson - Thursday 31 May, 2012
# One Day
# One Day
100,000 photos have been submitted from 170 countries as part of one of the biggest projects of its kind. Here’s part one of our selection….
# mary-robinson - Wednesday 11 April, 2012
# UN
# UN
The UN Secretary General has invited Mary Robinson and Concern’s Tom Arnold to a high-level international working group aimed at tackling child hunger in the world’s poorest countries.
# mary-robinson - Monday 27 February, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed in one handy round-up…
# Civil War
# Civil War
The former president said today that possible crimes against humanity cannot simply be ignored.
# mary-robinson - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
# Cancer
# Cancer
Writing a blog for the British Medical Journal, the former President has called on pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices they charge for the HPV vaccine.
# mary-robinson - Thursday 24 November, 2011
# Seanad Éireann
# Seanad Éireann
Watch live from the Seanad as former President Mary Robinson speaks about its role in her career as a human rights activist.
# mary-robinson - Friday 11 November, 2011
# Presidential Poems
# Presidential Poems
Or will he follow in the footsteps of his American counterparts and invite another poet to the stage?
# mary-robinson - Friday 28 October, 2011
# Presidential Facts
# Presidential Facts
Did you know that Douglas Hyde was fluent in Hebrew? Here’s 11 other things you may not have known about the past residents of Áras an Uachtaráin.
# mary-robinson - Saturday 22 October, 2011
# Opinion Polls
# Opinion Polls
Candidates hoping to turn their fortunes from the latest Red C poll can’t count on much historical precedent so close to polling.
# mary-robinson - Sunday 2 October, 2011
# Race For The Áras
# Race For The Áras
It’s the most crowded presidential election ever – but how do this year’s candidates compare to previous years in terms of age?
# mary-robinson - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
The race for the Áras may be dramatic – but real change will only come from somewhere else, writes Colm O’Gorman.
# mary-robinson - Thursday 21 July, 2011
# East Africa
# East Africa
Such is the extent of the famine in parts of Somalia the US is to aid parts of the country controlled by Al-Shabab.
# mary-robinson - Monday 18 July, 2011
# East Africa
# East Africa
The former president’s visit comes nearly 20 years after her first trip to Somalia to highlight the crisis there.
# mary-robinson - Monday 4 July, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Politicians laugh off the fact that people are being forced to leave. They wouldn’t if they faced the consequences at the polls, writes Noreen Bowden.
# mary-robinson - Thursday 28 April, 2011
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Our collection of the day’s news, developments and random tidbits.
# North Korea
# North Korea
Ireland’s former president travelled with other retired leaders to assess the North’s food shortages, help to repair relations with the South and appeal for nuclear disarmament.
# mary-robinson - Wednesday 13 April, 2011
# Dalai Lama
# Dalai Lama
The spiritual leader of Tibet has begun his first visit to Ireland in 20 years – read this to avoid embarrassment if you happen to bump into him.
# mary-robinson - Tuesday 15 March, 2011
# Ministerial Mercs
# Ministerial Mercs
All but three members of the cabinet will have to supply their own cars in future – while former Taoisigh also lose official cars.
# mary-robinson - Thursday 17 February, 2011
# Your Say
# Your Say
Who do you think we should dispatch to Brussels to break the bad news?
# mary-robinson - Sunday 5 December, 2010
# Mary Robinson
# Mary Robinson
Former president says she believes responsibility lies not just with banks and politicians, but with all Irish people, and admits she regrets leaving office before end of presidential term.
# mary-robinson - Saturday 23 October, 2010
# Ireland's Greatest
# Ireland's Greatest
The Nobel Laureate tops an RTÉ poll, beating opposition from Bono, Mary Robinson , Michael Collins and James Connolly.
# mary-robinson - Sunday 19 September, 2010
# Ireland's Greatest
# Ireland's Greatest
Former Minister for Justice says poll is full of “flavour of the month” choices.
