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McAleese wins Irish presidential poll

Published on
November 7, 1997
Last updated
May 27, 2015

MARY McAleese, pro vice chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, has been elected as the new president of Ireland, a largely honorary but symbolic post. The 46-year-old law expert is the first person from Northern Ireland to become president.

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