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Profile: Mary McAleese


Mary McAleese

Mary McAleese


THE VATICAN’S boycott of former President of Ireland and devout Catholic feminist Mary McAleese – The Outsider as her unofficial biographer Justine McCarthy christened her – was predictably controversial. But Mary’s victimisation has elevated her from a previous role as bridge builder between Catholic nationalism and Ulster unionism into a more universal role as de... Read more »

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