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Mary McAleese slams those who use Irish flag to intimidate and say 'Irish for the Irish'
Mary McAleese
Dr McAleese was interviewed by human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher at an event at Trinity College Dublin marking 50 years of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)
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'Bit late now... but Jim Gavin ran the best presidential campaign in the history of the State and here's why'
Jim Gavin
'Jim Gavin's campaign was as good as it gets for Presidency - sadly nobody realised this'
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Group led by Mary McAleese gives update on 2027 Gaelic games integration target
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese has urged “all stakeholders to do everything they can to make an integrated mindset a reality”.
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Group led by former President Mary McAleese told that 'finances shouldn't be the focus'
Gaelic Player's Association
It is hoped that the Gaelic Athletic Association, Camogie Association and Ladies Gaelic Football Association will be fully integrated by 2027, with the former President of Ireland heading up the process.
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'We were watching a dying Pope.' Mary McAleese believed Pope Francis was on death bed during Easter mass
Mary McAleese
Ms McAleese believed he knew his final public appearance would be his last
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RTE Late Late Show line-up: A former President and a legendary comedian are among this week's guests
The Late Late Show
RTE has announced the lineup for Friday night's Late Late Show with another star-studded ensemble of celebrities set to join Patrick Kielty in studio
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Mary McAleese wishes Ireland was 'past' anti-immigrant beliefs
Mary McAleese
Exclusive - Speaking to the Irish Mirror at the Electric Picnic site preview yesterday, Ms McAleese said she hopes if Kamala Harris becomes US President it will help restore peace globally
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Mary McAleese reveals, 'very, very little support' for changing GAA's name
GAA
The Chair of the Steering Committee for Integration on why the new body featuring the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association will be called the GAA.
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'Integration will take years to implement.'
GAA
Leading GAA official says amalgamation with the LGFA and Camogie Association is "a mammoth task" for Mary McAleese's Committee.
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Mary McAleese was asked to help stop Catholic primary school protests by meeting loyalists in 2001, state papers reveal
Mary McAleese
It followed several months of riots and disruption linked to the daily protests outside the Catholic primary school for girls where protesters tried to stop schoolchildren and their parents from walking to school
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Mary McAleese makes huge Joe Brolly revelation as she appears on Late Late Show
Joe Brolly
The former Irish President was among the first guests of the new season of the famous Irish talk show.
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Survey reveals that 90% of members back integration of Gaelic games bodies
Mary McAleese
'There is work to be done, but there is a mandate there from members who have spoken and who have been heard.'
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RTE Late Late Show viewers all saying the same thing about ‘truly inspiring’ interviews
RTE
“The women on tonight’s Late Late are the definition of inspiration.. Loved it”
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Former President Mary McAleese regrets sending children to Catholic school over homosexuality teachings
Mary McAleese
Ms McAleese said she wouldn't have sent her son Justin, who is openly gay and campaigned for marriage equality, to a Catholic school if she knew more about the Church's teachings at the time
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Leo Varadkar bravely opens up about coming out as gay and dealing with racism
Leo Varadkar
'Everyone’s experience is different but for me, I think I hoped it would go away like some sort of phase'
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Paddy Clancy: Ireland needs to become a real land of welcomes and stop treating immigrants differently
Immigration
It’s the turn of our modern, successful, civilised country to care for others in need
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Irish unity debate 'on the horizon' due to Brexit, says Mary McAleese
Brexit
The former president said that the public has a duty to ensure the 'groundwork is laid' ahead of any Irish unity referendum
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Mary McAleese's brother Clem Leneghan calls for those who knew of priest's abuse to come forward
Mary McAleese
Clem Leneghan has asked those who know what happened to him and others to contact the authorities
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Former Irish president Mary McAleese slams Catholic church as 'empire of misogyny'
Mary McAleese
'Women do not have strong role models in the Church they can look up to'
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Paddy Clancy: Mary McAleese's Vatican invite is key to Church’s survival
Mary McAleese
Mrs McAleese has been excluded from a conference on women in the Vatican
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Former Irish president Mary McAleese denied access to conference at Vatican
News
She has written to the Pope regarding the issue
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Berkeley balcony collapse: Mary McAleese blasts New York Times journalists over 'utterly offensive' article on tragedy
Berkeley balcony collapse
The former President of Ireland said the piece was 'so insensitive that I would say it is almost dissociated from any sense of human empathy or human feeling'
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