McAleese wins Irish presidential poll

November 7, 1997

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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