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'''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".

'''Mary McAleese''' is the current President of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. She was born in [[Belfast]]. McAleese is 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]].{{fact}}

 

As President, she has attracted some controversy with a speech she made comparing Protestants in Northern Ireland with [[Nazi]]s, for which she later apologized.

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