It was attended by President Mary McAleese, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, members of the Oireachtas, many from the world of politics, industry and business.

He was honoured with a state funeral which was attended by the President of Ireland Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, former Taoisigh John Bruton, Albert Reynolds and Charles Haughey, and various political persons from all parties.

Morgan's Requiem Mass in St. Therese's Church in his native Mount Merrion, South Dublin, was attended by, among others, Her Excellency Professor Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland, and her predecessor, Mary Robinson, and by the leaders of Ireland's church and state, many of whom had been the victims of Morgan's humour in Scrap Saturday.

The ceremony was officially opened by President of Ireland Mary McAleese and attended by Taoiseach ( Prime Minister of Ireland ) Bertie Ahern.

The funeral was held on 5 January 2010 and attended by the President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

During that year's fest the new Celtic Roots stage was added, and the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the festival.

This relationship was further strengthened by a visit from the President of Ireland Mary McAleese between 14 and 16 June 2006 on her speech about the long standing relationship with Lesotho and shared history between both nations.

Four such addresses have been made: one by de Valera, two by Robinson, and one by McAleese.

The Dublin games were also the first to have their own opening and closing ceremonies broadcast live, performed by President of Ireland Mary McAleese.

The opening ceremony of the 2003 Games has been described by President of Ireland Mary McAleese as " a time when Ireland was at its superb best ".

The project was launched by President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, in Lifford and involves the restoration of of canal and two locks to working order.

In 1976, she married Martin McAleese, an accountant and dentist by profession.

The first individual born in Northern Ireland to become President of Ireland, President McAleese was a regular visitor to Northern Ireland throughout her presidency, where she was on the whole warmly welcomed by both communities, confounding critics who had believed she would be a divisive figure.

McAleese left office on 10 November 2011 and was succeeded by Michael D. Higgins who was elected in the presidential election held on 27 October 2011.

An inspection of the Eastern Reserve Brigade Guard of Honour by President Mary McAleese on the 93rd anniversary of the Easter Rising on O ' Connell Street in Dublin

She was welcomed by President McAleese, inspected a Guard of Honour, signed the visitors book and planted an Irish Oak sapling.

Consequently, on the advice of Her Majesty's Government, Queen Elizabeth II for a time addressed letters of credence to the President of Ireland by name ( e. g., " President Robinson ," " President McAleese ," etc .).

The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday, 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

On 7 May 2008, Cowen was nominated by Dáil Éireann as Taoiseach, by 88 votes to 76, and was appointed by President Mary McAleese.

* 1999 William Geary granted by Mary McAleese

In 2005, the Royal Irish Academy awarded him their gold medal, presented by President Mary McAleese.

McAleese, who had been written to by the center, then criticized a Dr. Samuels of the center for " a tissue of lies ", adding that the center had diminished the name of Simon Wiesenthal.

* 19 April – President McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern convey messages of congratulations to the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Many female leaders no longer wear the traditional outfits when meeting popes ; neither of Ireland's two female presidents, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese, wore the traditional outfits when meeting Pope John Paul II.

According to Cornwell, Mary McAleese told the British Catholic newspaper The Universe of a visit as President of Ireland to John Paul where he struggled to talk about the Irish College in Rome, where Irish seminarians in the city are trained and to which the Pope prior to his election had often travelled.

Visitors to Omagh have included Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, Prince of Wales, former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton, Irish president Mary McAleese, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Honorary degrees have been received by many famed individuals including former President of the United States Bill Clinton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, poet Seamus Heaney, writers Seamus Deane, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Colm Tóibín, activists May Blood and Aung San Suu Kyi, actors Amanda Burton and Ewan McGregor, racehorse trainer Vincent O ' Brien, bishops Seán Brady, Robin Eames, James Mehaffey, Edward Daly and Desmond Tutu, singers Enya, Van Morrison and Tommy Makem, politician John Hume, biotechnologist Charles Hamner, politicians and writers Garrett Fitzgerald and Conor Cruise O ' Brien, US lawyer John Connorton, US diplomat Jim Lyons, Gaelic football player Peter Canavan, rugby player David Humphreys, golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

While earlier presidents were exceptionally cautious in delivering speeches and on almost every occasion submitted them for vetting, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese have made much more use of their right to speak without government approval, with Mary McAleese doing many live radio and television interviews.

Between 1990 and 2010, both Robinson and her successor President McAleese ( 1997 – 2011 ) visited the Palace on numerous occasions, while senior royals-the Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh all visited both Presidents of Ireland at Áras an Uachtaráin.

President McAleese, who is herself the first President of Ireland to have been born in Northern Ireland, continued on from President Robinson in this regard.

But in other instances, Mary McAleese has been criticised for certain comments, such as a reference to the way in which Protestant children in Northern Ireland had been brought up to hate Catholics just as German children had been encouraged to hate Jews under the Nazi regime, on 27 January 2005, following her attendance at the ceremony commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp .< ref >

McAleese was critical of the Provisional IRA but believed it was important to hear their side of the story ; she opposed the Harris faction's support for Section 31 which she believed was an attack on free speech.

McAleese was a member of the Catholic Church Episcopal Delegation to the New Ireland Forum in 1984, and a member of the Catholic Church delegation to the Northern Ireland Commission on Contentious Parades in 1996.

McAleese is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

McAleese later apologised, conceding that her comments had been unbalanced because she had criticised only the sectarianism found on one side of the community.

McAleese undertook an official two-day visit to London on 28 – 29 February 2010, where she visited the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics and was guest of honour at the Madejski Stadium for a rugby union match between London Irish and Harlequin F. C.

McAleese in discussion with US President Barack Obama at Áras an Uachtaráin on 23 May 2011.

In past media interviews, prior to the Queen's visit, President McAleese had stated on several occasions that the highlight of her presidency to date was the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics World Games which she describes as " a time when Ireland was at its superb best ".

McAleese was successful and went on to become the eighth President of Ireland.

President Mary McAleese | McAleese greets US President Barack Obama | Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at Áras an Uachtaráin on 23 May 2011.

Dermot McAleese, emeritus professor of economics at Trinity College, Dublin, says that the emergence of the Progressive Democrats in 1985 may have had a more positive influence on the economy than some recognise.

An Inspection of the Eastern Reserve Brigade Guard of Honour By President Mary McAleese on the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 rising on O ' Connell Street