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Mary Robinson

Last year
2024
Middle East
Robinson slams 'bad' Israeli government and privileging of Israeli over Palestinian lives
5 Oct 2024
11.1k
Violence
Mary Robinson calls for end of arms supply from West to Israel
4 Oct 2024
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aoife kelleher
Mary Robinson says we must 'learn lessons' from Irish mass emigration amid anti-migrant protests
In an interview with The Journal, the former President of Ireland also said the US and other Western countries need to do more to end the conflict in Gaza.
Órla Ryan
8 Aug 2024
9.6k
Gaza
Netanyahu approves plans for military operation in Rafah and 'evacuation' of civilians
Updated 15 Mar 2024
10.4k
All time
State Papers
'Reproductive fascism': Read the letters calling on Mary Robinson to intervene in X Case
Many people, from Ireland and abroad, contacted the president about the controversial case in 1992.
The X Case centred on a 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped
The letters to Robinson highlight how divisise the issue was in Ireland and abroad
'It is with disbelief and disgust that we heard about the young girl who has been forbidden to leave Ireland'
Órla Ryan
28 Dec 2023
15.9k
Irish-UK relations
Princess Diana referred to NI as part of the Republic, according to Irish ambassador's note
27 Dec 2023
24.1k
54
US
Former president Mary Robinson says Joe Biden is ‘losing respect’ due to his position on Gaza
19 Dec 2023
13.5k
Dubai
COP28 president defends position on science of phasing out fossil fuels
Updated 4 Dec 2023
19.3k
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Gaza
Ceasefire would be 'the best medicine for the children of Gaza', WHO's Mike Ryan says
20 Nov 2023
4.4k
Gaza
Robinson says Israel in 'serious breach' of international law and there's been 'war crimes' on both sides
12 Oct 2023
17.0k
Climate
People under 60 likely to face ‘less liveable’ world, Mary Robinson says
Updated 15 Nov 2021
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cop26
Mary Robinson says some world leaders failing to hit 'crisis mode' over climate change
10 Nov 2021
15.3k
28
Princess Latifa
UN should seek release of Dubai princess and her sister, says Mary Robinson
12 Mar 2021
18.9k
22
Sheikha Latifa
Mary Robinson says she made 'mistake' and was 'naive' in case of Dubai princess
26 Feb 2021
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nights in
Sofa Watch: Mary Robinson speaks to Tubridy about being 'horribly tricked' in Dubai princess case
26 Feb 2021
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25
Princess Latifa
Taoiseach says government will 'engage' with Mary Robinson over case of Dubai princess
20 Feb 2021
42.3k
27
Latifa Al Maktoum
Mary Robinson says she was 'horribly tricked' by Dubai princess' family
16 Feb 2021
97.3k
53
Akinwumi Adesina
Mary Robinson to lead investigation into head of African Development Bank
2 Jul 2020
16.7k
22
hunger report
Climate change could lead to a rise in the already 'alarming' levels of world hunger
15 Oct 2019
4.9k
33
climate action
'Greta is right to be angry': Mary Robinson says she was 'moved to tears' by Thunberg
11 Oct 2019
19.1k
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decline and fall
Acceptable in the 80s: Ireland once regarded Mugabe as a respected statesman and honoured guest
6 Sep 2019
20.6k
46
Victoria House
Mary Robinson's Ballina home bought by Mayo County Council after years of controversy
2 Aug 2019
98.5k
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rural ireland
'They can't believe how we lived' - How electricity cut down the drudgery of life in rural Ireland
28 Jul 2019
36.1k
33
Carbon Tax
Robinson calls for climate change action, says current system is 'underpinned by rampant capitalism'
28 Mar 2019
10.2k
61
runaway princess
Princess who flew Mary Robinson to Dubai says the Latifa saga is 'a private family matter'
5 Jan 2019
32.5k
56
Human Rights
Mary Robinson 'dismayed' at media comments as she comes under fire for claiming Dubai princess is 'troubled'
Updated 28 Dec 2018
90.3k
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dubai princess
'Missing' Dubai princess not seen since March reappears in photos with Mary Robinson
24 Dec 2018
115k
52
Human Rights
Mary Robinson appointed as chair of The Elders
1 Nov 2018
33.2k
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All I Want Is UN
Bono warns UN is 'under attack' as he issues rallying call for Irish security council seat
3 Jul 2018
25.9k
107
Politics and Society
Leaving Cert students sat the first ever Politics exam today - here's what was in it
20 Jun 2018
52.8k
45
LEAN IN
Former President Mary Robinson is dishing out the same life advice as Meghan Markle
14 Jun 2018
4.4k
2
women's christmas
Today is Nollaig na mBan, so what's it all about?
6 Jan 2018
36.5k
22
shocked
Mary Robinson at the UN: Trump's threat to 'obliterate North Korean people' provoked 'gasps'
24 Sep 2017
30.7k
102
going rogue
US will become a 'rogue state' if it pulls out of the Paris deal - Mary Robinson
10 May 2017
10.7k
39
never go out of style
15 truly iconic Irish fashion moments
6 May 2017
9.2k
4
Regrets
Mary Robinson says she was "bullied" into stepping down as President early
10 Feb 2017
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83
chilling
'Trump is a bully. And we have to stand up to bullies' - Mary Robinson
1 Feb 2017
47.3k
281
Ballina
Mary Robinson will not be giving her papers to the controversial Presidential library
28 Nov 2016
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35
public money
Oireachtas committee to investigate the funding of Mary Robinson Library
4 Nov 2016
13.5k
37
pricey papers
Controversy over €8.5 million price tag for Mary Robinson's Presidential library
28 Oct 2016
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