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'''Mary McAleese''' is the current President of the [[Ireland]]. She was born in [[Belfast]].  McAleeseis a qualified [[lawyer]] and worked in the state broadcast company [[RTE]] in the 1980s.  She was nominated to run for the presidency by [[Fianna Fail]] in 1997.  During the campaign she was criticized heavily by [[Eoghan Harris]] because of her Northern Irish nationalist background.  Harris said she would prove to be a "tribal time bomb".

'''Mary McAleese''' is the current President of [[Ireland]]. She was born in [[Belfast]].  McAleeseis a qualified [[lawyer]] and worked in the state broadcast company [[RTE]] in the 1980s.  She was nominated to run for the presidency by [[Fianna Fail]] in 1997.  During the campaign she was criticized heavily by [[Eoghan Harris]] because of her Northern Irish nationalist background.  Harris said she would prove to be a "tribal time bomb".

She won the election and promised to "build bridges" with Northern Irish Unionists.  Her efforts have been credited with helping to achieve peace in [[Northern Ireland]].

She won the election and promised to "build bridges" with Northern Irish Unionists.  Her efforts have been credited with helping to achieve peace in [[Northern Ireland]].