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STORMONT, Northern Ireland: The politicians have done their job; now it's up to the people. Since none of the parties involved actually signed anything, today's agreement was less a binding deal than a codification of proposals that will be put to a referendum in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, tentatively scheduled for May 22. "The issue is now less whether the parties accept the proposals, but whether the voters accept them," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. Parties that opt for opposition after studying the proposals would have to persuade the electorate to vote against...
...University announced yesterday that Mary Robinson, United Nations high commissioner for human rights and former president of the Republic of Ireland, will be the speaker for the 347th Commencement...
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Robinson returned to Ireland to become a law professor at Trinity College and a prominent constitutional and civil rights lawyer...
Robinson became Ireland's first female head of state in 1990 after serving two decades in the Irish parliament. During her seven-year term, Robinson was known for her activist, progressive stance...
...depended on the British and Irish governments' adopting "radically different measures," managed to drag Tony Blair up to Belfast for emergency consultations with the Unionists. Despite the rhetoric, however, Hillenbrand says the Unionists are not seriously threatening to quit the talks. Even then, the pursuit of happiness in Northern Ireland is on the back burner; the best Blair and Mitchell can hope for is to minimize unhappiness -- and keep the peace...