State papers: Reynolds said courtesy call by Mary Robinson to British queen 'should not be encouraged'

Confidential government files have revealed that Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, felt in April 1992 that a courtesy call by President Mary Robinson to Queen Elizabeth “should not be encouraged". 

Newly released files from the Department of the Taoiseach under the 30-year rule hint at the Government’s unease at being pressed by Ms Robinson later that year to approve of her paying such a call to the Queen in May 1993 as part of a proposed visit to accept an honorary degree from Oxford University.

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