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Charles J. Haughey (1925-2006) was a leading Fianna Fáil politician who led four governments as Taoiseach of Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) (member of the Irish Parliament) in various north Dublin constituencies for 35 unbroken years, in ministerial office for 14, and Taoiseach for seven.

Haughey was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, on 16 September 1925. His family moved to Meath and then to Dublin, where he spent most of his youth. He studied commerce at University College Dublin in the 1940s, becoming a barrister and a chartered accountant in 1949.. Haughey and Maureen Lemass (1925-2017) married in 1951, they had four children: Eimear, Conor, Ciarán and Seán.

Haughey was first elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) in 1957 for the Dublin North-East constituency and was re-elected in every election until 1992. During his political career, Haughey was Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1987-1992, Leader of the Opposition from 1981-1982 and 1982-1987, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1979-1992, Minister for Social Welfare and Health from 1977-1979, Minister for Finance from 1966-1970, Minister for Agriculture from 1964-1966, Minister for Justice from 1961-1964 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice from 1959-1961. Haughey led four governments while serving as Taoiseach; December 1979-June 1981, February- November 1982, February 1987-June 1989, and June 1989-February 1992.

Haughey's career was interrupted in 1970 by the Arms Crisis, which resulted in his removal as Minister for Finance. Haughey returned to the front bench in opposition in 1975, and to government in 1977. In a party leadership contest in December 1979, he defeated George Colley, and replaced Jack Lynch as Taoiseach.

In February 1992, after four terms in office, Haughey resigned, briefly remaining as a backbench TD until formally retiring that December. He returned to the public eye, as a result of judicial inquiries into his finances in the McCracken (1997) and Moriarty Tribunals, the latter issuing its findings six months after his death on 13 June 2006 at his home in Abbeville.

In 2008, the Haughey family donated his private papers to Dublin City University. The Charles J. Haughey Collection is extensive and engaging, comprising over 500 archival boxes of correspondence, writings, speeches, photographs, audio, video, objects and artefacts.

Born in Stoneen, Co. Kilkenny on 4 August 1932. Primary education (Mungmacody and Thomastown), second level education (Coláiste na Toirbhearta, Mountmellick, Co. Laois). Employed in the Civil Service and then in RTÉ. Qualified librarian (FLAI The Library Association of Ireland). Honorary Doctorate 2002 (National University of Ireland). Publications: Beathaisnéis 1-9 (1986–2007) (in partnership with Diarmuid Breathnach).

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) is a national organisation which represents the interests of all sectors of farming in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in January 1955 as the National Farmers' Association (NFA).

Mícheál Ó Móráin was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1968 to 1970, Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1957 to 1959, and 1961 to 1968 and Minister for Lands from 1959 to 1968. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) from 1938 to 1973

Born in Kiltimon, Co. Wicklow on 5 August 1930. Primary education (Bray), second level education (Christian Brothers in Áras Brianach and in Dún Laoghaire). Started librarianship (The Library Council, Bray; Co. Kilkenny; RTÉ). FLAI (The Library Association of Ireland). Honorary Doctorate 2002 (National University of Ireland). Publications: Almanag Éireannach (1981); Almanag Éireannach 2 (2001); Beathaisnéis 1-9 (1986–2007) (in partnership with Máire Ní Mhurchú); Titim agus Éirí (2013). Translation: Lámhleabhar Ginearálta don Cheoltóir (1973) with Sr. Cecily OP.

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IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is a multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. It was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was later renamed to IBM in 1924.

Mary Mulvihill (1959-2015) was an award-winning science journalist, broadcaster and author. Born in Dublin, Mary was awarded a degree in genetics in 1981 from Trinity College, where she was elected a Scholar in Natural Science in 1979. She obtained a master’s degree in statistics from Trinity College in 1982 and later completed a master’s in science communication from Dublin City University. A pioneer of science journalism in Ireland, she was also a passionate advocate of women in science and technology. Through her landmark publication, Ingenious Ireland (2002, 2019) she made a lasting contribution to our understanding of Ireland's scientific, ecological, and industrial heritage. Now in its second reprint, Ingenious Ireland earned Mary the Irish National Science and Technology Journalist of the Year 2002-03 award. She devised and presented several popular science series on RTE 1 and Lyric FM, and she was a longstanding contributor to the Irish Times, where she had a monthly column. As co-editor of Technology Ireland magazine, she also helped launch the careers of many young science journalists who followed her into the profession.

Mulvihill’s career in journalism followed four years as a research officer at the State agricultural research institute An Foras Talúntais, now Teagasc. She very soon found an unique way of writing and speaking that lent her work in print and in broadcast media a very particular style. Contemporary reviewers noted that she was assured and authoritative without being didactic or dogmatic. She had a learned curiosity of science that readers and listeners found inviting and engaging. Mary’s mission to highlight women’s role in science led to her joining in the formation of Women in Technology and Science (WITS) in 1990. Her particular interest in women’s historical contributions to science is reflected in her editing, on behalf of WITS, two collections of biographical essays on Irish women scientists and pioneers – Stars, Shells and Bluebells (1997) and Lab Coats and Lace (2009). In 2010 she started the science media company, ‘Ingenious Ireland’, to make more people aware of the country’s scientific heritage.

Part of this educational outreach was offering walking tours and audio guides to her native Dublin, as well as to national sites of ecological and archaeological interest. Mulvihill was also a member of the Irish Council for Bioethics, a council member of the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland, and in 2014, she was named as one of Silicon Republic’s 100 Top Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Mary Mulvihill died on 11th June 2015, following a short illness. In 2020, Dublin City University awarded her a posthumous honour for Outstanding Achievement in Societal Impact. She is survived by her husband Brian Dolan and her sisters Anne and Noirin Mulvihill.

The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland, also known as the ‘Kildare Place Society’ (due to its location in Dublin) was a voluntary educational agency founded in 1811 before the establishment of the National Board of Education in 1831. Its stated purpose was to promote non-denominational education in Ireland, especially among the poor. These aims coincided with government thinking on education at the time and led to parliamentary financial assistance. Between 1816 and 1831 (when the parliamentary grant was withdrawn) the Society benefited from public money to the amount of near one quarter of a million pounds. With these funds at its disposal the Society attempted to promote education in Ireland on a national basis. The number of schools under its aegis grew from a mere 8 in 1816, to an impressive 1,621 in 1831. When the Irish National School System was established in that year, the Kildare Place Society became the Church Education Society, and this group went on to manage the training of teachers for Protestant schools until the Church of Ireland Training College was established in 1884.

This organisation eventually became the Church of Ireland College of Education. The Society also made advances in other directions after 1831. It initiated the publication of ‘cheap books' for use in schools and local lending libraries. It established male and female model schools in Dublin where teaching methods could be experimented with. Related to this venture, the Society established a teacher-training course, which both aspirants to the profession and those already engaged in teaching, could avail of. Perhaps the greatest of the Society's innervations was its promotion of a rigorous system of school inspection. All these areas of educational activity were unique in early 19th century Ireland, and they were coordinated to an effective degree by the Society's administration in Dublin.