Irish Government

Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992

IN THE FINAL STAGES OF EDITING A series of talks launched by Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern in Ireland, which began in April 1991, and were carried on intermittently by Brooke and his successor, Patrick Mayhew, until November 1992.

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Irish Government

This is one of the 9 delegations in the convention, accounting for 11 of 132 people who took part.

Members (11):

Name	Visualize	Details	Delegations
David Andrews	Visualize	Minister for Foreign Affairs (1992 - 1993); Minister for Defence and the Marine (1993–94); Opposition spokesman on tourism and trade, (1995–97); Minister for Defence (1997) Member: Committee on the Constitution (1967); New Ireland Forum (1983–84); British-Irish Inter-parliamentary Body (1990–92) Member of the Dáil (TD) (FF) for Dún Laoghaire, 1965–2002; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ireland, 1997–2000.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
Joseph Brosnan	Visualize	Secretary General of the Department of Justice (appointed 1991)	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
David Donoghue	Visualize	David Donoghue. Joined Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs (Anglo-Irish Division), 1975. Irish Permanent Mission to the UN, 1987-88. Posted to the Irish Embassy in London 1988-91. Served as Irish head of the Anglo-Irish Secretariat in Belfast, 1995-99. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
Noel Dorr	Visualize	Born 1 November 1933. Joined the diplomatic service of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1960. From 1980 to 1983 he was the Permanent Representative of Ireland at the United Nations in New York. From 1983 to 1987, Dorr was the Irish Ambassador to the UK. Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1995.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
Pádraig Flynn	Visualize	Minister for Justice (1992 - 1993) Elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD (1977); Minister for the Environment (1987). Sacked from the cabinet in 1991 for support of a motion of no confidence in Taoiseach Charles Haughey. Instated as Minister for Justice by Albert Reynolds (1992-3). Appointed as Ireland's European Commissioner in 1993	Irish Government (This negotiation)
Robert (Bobby) Molloy	Visualize	Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency (1965 to 2002); Fianna Fáil Minister for Defence (1977-1979); Resigned from Fianna Fáil and joined Progressive Democrats (1986); Minister for Energy (1989 - 1992).	Irish Government (This negotiation)
Mr O'Malley	Visualize	Although there was no 'Mr O'Malley' listed as a delegate to Strand 2, his name appears in the British Government summary record of the Strand 2 meeting held on 24 July 1992. We have no further information regarding his identity.	Irish Government (This negotiation)
Irish Government Representative	Visualize	Statements, decisions and papers attributed to the Irish Government delegation.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
Joseph Small	Visualize	Attended Strand 3 meetings for the Brooke/Mayhew talks and meetings of the Anglo-Irish Liaison Group.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))
John Wilson	Visualize	Tánaiste	Irish Government (This negotiation)
Seán Ó hUiginn	Visualize	Seán Ó hUiginn. Head of the Anglo-Irish Division of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, 1991-97. Irish ambassador to the United States, 1997-2011, and was subsequently Irish ambassador to Germany. Instrumental in the negotiation of the Downing Street Joint Delegation in 1993 and was an Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks.	Irish Government (This negotiation) , Irish Government (Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993))