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Reference Code: 2008/79/3203 Creation Date(s): 4 May-13 June 1978 Extent and medium: 9 pages Creator(s): Department of Foreign Affairs Access Conditions: Open Copyright: National Archives, Ireland. May only be reproduced with the written permission of the Director of the National Archives. THE IRISH EMBASSY

17 Grosvenor Place,

London, SWlX.SW1X. 7HR.

L ---__ From: MICHAEL O'HALLORAN M.P.M.P. ~

HOUSE OF COMMONScoMMONS LONDON"• SWIASWlA OAA 13 June 1978 H.E. Mr Paul J .G. Keating, .. Irish Ambassador, '. .'.. 17 Grosvenor Place, --.. _!:.onLondon, don, ..? ~..\v ~.

Dear Mr Keating, The members of the House of Commonscommons football team have asked me to conveYconvey to you their appreciation of the welcome they received at your EmbassYEmbassy on Saturday evening.

1I VJ\'Jould auld like to thank youyoU personallY for your verYvery kind reception of the team and of the other guests from Islington I brought along. VieWe are all most appreciative.

With best VJishes\'Jishes and thank youyoU again.

~.. . . '\. · .....; .. ,~ .. ·' . " :~!;j •y/~);:;Jl'Yl;;:~ ... .. ·.. ,~ .. ~ MICHAEL 00' 'HALLORAN HALLORAN /

:FolloHing}~ollO":'ling are the nanesnG.::J.es of the group travelling to London this evening: / Senators ':!_lrevorTrevor ~est;~vest; Michael IRniganI ~ nigan:: and HichaelMichael Kitt :/~

Deputies Sean Calleary (FF);(FF)~ John Donn~an (FG); Lorcan Allen (FF); Enda Kenny (FG);( FG ) ; (FF); . \ . Liam Lawlor (FF); '· Liam Aylward (FF); Iq Michael Smith (FF); I. / Michael Lipper (Indept); Barry Coogan (FF);~ '.'lilliam'.'lilliam Kenneally (FF)(FF) and r1rs. Kenneally; v-t/'"-" Sean Moore (FF) ;/;/,.'

MartinNartin MacMahonNacMahon (Principal Clerk in the Dail) andlMrs.and lr.Jirs. I1acMahon.MacMahon. Peadar Lawless (Head Usher)./

9 June 1g7s1978

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5 June ?8

Al:iGLO-IRThR PARLL~~ITil..RY E'OOTBALL K::..TCR

On Saturday 10th1Oth JU!leJU!l.e the \·Test:::t:inster~'Iest:d..!lster Hande:c-ers\·Jancie:rers,, BritainBritain's t s Parli.a:aentary­Parl:i.a:nentar:r "Clayul.ay iootoallioo~ball tea~ will~host in a charit7matchcharit7~atch to a side from the RepublicRepub~ic of Ireland's ,,I P~rl:..3. :.l~~.t, -!;b.ethe Dail.Dai.J... .. T'..:l:!..sT'..:1:is ~dl1..\.;il~ narkoar~~ the 3rd international..internati.onal.. thlsthis yea~ for the :3r:!."ti3~Er:!.ti3~ t=a::tt:a~ (aa7i:lg(O.a'7:bg al:readyal:::-eady defeatedd~feate-d the 'i'J~st Ger=nanGe::"!!1an Parlia=le!!tParlla::::te!!t 2-1 and the

Council.Cou:::.cil 0:::o:: EuropeEu!"o?-= 6-0), and ,od''~ll:'.P. be played at the IslingtonIslington. Astro TurfTurf', t l1arkett1arket :2oad,?-oad, IsIs::..i!J.~ton ..... i!l~ton -...Tith.... ,ie11 kickoff"kickoff at 4.00 PH.PN. Proceeds fromfro!:1 thethe- sale ofof' a Souvenirsouvenir pro~-::-?...."'1..:j~pro~-:,"?-",,"1..:l~ ·,dll·.dll go to a charii]cndri'ZJ vrg9.ni:.3edc...rg~::liGed b:rbf tLe Nayor of Isl:!..!:lgtonIsl:!..:!:lgton ..

3:::--i:::~:b:::-il::~ George,Geo-rge, 1-!.P,.l-'!.P" for \'!alsall~!alsall South, captain and goal keeper for the British tea:l-::ea.:1, Zt:ld:t::1d :J~t-.;h:::J~t-=:~ o~ganisero~ga::.1iser 53-idz::J.i.d IlT!!is11 T~is visit by ::narnbersmembers ofo:r~ ththe e: D/.D~lla::1..1- '1 isJ.S• par,_;part..._ efor- thet.~.'la• fncre~ler i.:l?r"Oii:::::gi.::n?rOli~6 relationsralatio!ls beb-;eenbeb;een Ireland and the UK. He look fOrN2.!"dfort·Ta!"d to a good

::Jal:cb a::1d '-l ,;~od "Visi-!: ~:il 'round~ 11 ....,; 1 ~ h-!l. Sab.l!' ::l;y' s ~::t..!::!~;:p~tfceded b;:r a tou~ of Parliament fo~ tne visiting HP:3, disCl.lssiO::l.3 '. .::"~~ ~eOlbe:.::-s of t~'1~ Inter-ParJ...::':l,jll':m"tary Unio~ Cl..!."Hl the- House of COl1ll:tO::lS

.::.n?;l';)-I::-i:3~ ::=::- ·::n.!:?, a..""1a. et ~ecti:ns i:lnd official Go":"ernrnent reception at the Foreign

The g~~ ',.fill be follo'-7ed by !"ec~pl:ion8 kindly nrrangecl

1-:Jy"-Jy t'-:~f:'.-.~ :·!3i'~~q?;-.-,r?:::- 0"~ ~ '!sl~3"t,:rn:::31~5tvn ::ada:::ld the IrishI:.::-isb. Embassy ..

I::I~ aodi~ionaQdi~ion to E~~ce George theth~ ~!":itis~~r~tisn sidasid~ includea RobertRob~~t Bradford, Ivan L:a~..:rc-::.ce:L:;,.~.:re:::,Cc and ~~~""let~;;:=~""1et::r Cla:r:~eCla!':~e f:::-otAlf~o~ thetbe House of . Co:n.;:nO::lS,Co:n.::no::s, Viscount Craigavor..Craiga--;or.. of the Eous~ of L,:>:-:-::!sLo::·::1s an:iand. D:-Dr~~ 3e:::-nard.:s~~na:::-d DonoughueDonou:shue , Pri:neP::-i:ne Ninister Callaghan'sCa1.1aghan ' s sanio:.::-se~ior :polic:Tpolicy

Fo:=- i"1.!::-ther infor:nation contact !:latch o::-gani3e';' 3:::--..!.ca George, H.P. on 0'1-21 9-4;)49 ~ I BAILE ATHA CIJA'ffi ()(Dublin), . • To all participants in SoccerSocoer Match, London,London! June 1978

In regard to the soccer match againstagai.nst the House of C?mmonsCommons on -~ Saturday, 10th June 1978, attached- - are two letters from

Dr. B~ Donoghue's Office, 10 D~ngDo~ng Street, London, setting

out the proviBiona~provisional L-rrangementst..rrangements forf'or the trip and informa'cioninforma·cion regarding the game.

Aer Lin~s have now agreed to provide an ~l-in trip for £48.00,

i.e. air fare p1usplus accommodation in the Tara Hotel.Hotel• LQndon,London~ :forfor Friday and Saturday, 9th and 10th June. ThisTbi B a.IIlO\lnta.IIlO\lnt sh.oul.dsh.ou.l..d \ . be paid to the Irish Parliamentary AasociationAaBocia~on before the departure date.

The :followingfollowing flightsfli.ghts have been bookad:booked:

Friday 9th June DubiinDub1in 19.00 EI 174 London 20.05

Sunday 11th June London 12.50 EI 159 Dublin 13.55

Cheok-:inCheok~in at airport 'Will'Will. be one (1)( 1) hour be:forebefore :flightflight 'leparture.fieparture.

ShouldShou1d these :flightsflights not ba suitable pleasep1ease contact the~he Inter­ Parliamenta~Par~iamenta~ SectionSeotion in House (Exten3ions 416, 285 or direct lj ne 761•706)76'~'706) so that al.al.terna:ti ternati ve :fl.ightsflights may be arranged.

For p1ayersplayers ",hiwhite te shorts, socks and appropr:ia.pproprj.a.at&:te :footw;;EU;'fo<"Jtwt:.E.IX i:; •. .,,' (~~~(~~ ~ B~ DD~. of 19tter)l~tter) mustmus t be provided by eaoh p1ayer~p1 uyer~ A aompleteaompl~t~ 3et~et ofo:f green jerseys has been obobtained·tained by the team managermanager. ..

In regnrd to Saturday evening the Iri3h Embassy have kindly~ndl.y nF,ro&dn~oed to host a :functionfunction (meal(mea1 etQ.) ~or thothe twot~~ teams.

YoursYour3 ttincerelytJinceredy

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81~ l·lay~Iay 1978

Dear Hugh I wrote to you on 10thlOth May about plans for a football match " between an Oireachtas team and a t'iss.tminster~fes.tminster·- team-team in whiohwhich ~ -- -- - r,...t-u..t- Senator Trevor West aftd your end and Dr Bernard Don~ughue.Donoughue . at \, ~hisyhis end have been the prime movers • . '· A match is now planned to take place here on Saturday, 10thlOth JunJunee Senator Westwest was in touch with me this morning and the provisional Oireachtaa selection is, it appears, as follows: Senators West and Lanigan;v '/····. , ' Deputies Calleary, Donnellan, Allen,Allen,. Kenny, B •.. Ahsrn,Ahern, /j ~~'2-~ ~ - L. Lalilor,Laillor, Aylward, Smith and Li.pLi.I:'._per.

Martin 11m'1ahon,M~~ahon, Principal Clerk in the Dail, will~vill. be acting as "nanager"."nanager" . I gathergathor from Senator \vest\vest that there may be soma additional Leinster Houss participation, playing or non-playing, and the total group from Ireland may be around 20 or so.so • .· The match is due to be played at IslingtonIsl.ington Borough pitch on ththo ·. afternoon of the lOth and the Hayor of Islington has invited both team~ to a reception at Islington Town Hall, 5.00-7.30 p~m~ that evening. The Ambassador planaplans to invite both teams to a buffet supper at the Embassy later in the evening and the FCOFOO were in touch with me this afternoonaftsrnoon to say that Frank JuJud would like tot~ attend the Embassy reception i~if he can free h~selfhimse~ Iromtrom constituency commitments. The British--sidaaida are giving a I I lunch for the teams on Saturday probably at the House of Commons. ~

Bruce George, Labour HP~lP for Walsall\ofalsall South, is handling arrangemearrangame for the Westminoter selection with Dr Bernard Donoughue. Yours sincerely _,.-"'" ~~~ Minister Plenipotentiary

11rHr Hugh Swift r Anglo-Irish SeotionSection ...=.=-. ilJ Department of Foreign AffairsUfairs i-:' JJDnl1n I l1J!L ~-l lju o. c ~~ ----~ ....------..-- ..- III.-I.I•• --~__J j

NOTE ~II~~1 r

Senator Trevor westWest phoned me~h1ame - ~his morning about arrangements ~ortor a footba1lfootba1L matahmatch in London on Saturday, lOth June between an Oireachtas teamtaam and a British Parliamentary team.

The D8U/SeanadD8ll/Seanad :partyparty will arrive in:~ London late on 'Friday evening, 9th June, staying at the Tara Hotel.

On Saturday morning there will be a t~ of Parliament and a - discussion with members of the Anglo/Irish Parli~en~ary Group. A lunch will be given by the British sid~aid~ either at the HOQsHouse of Commons or 10 Downing street.St:r:•eet. The match will be played at Islington Borough pitch at 3.00 p.m. or 4.00 p.m. ThThe Mayor of Islington will give a reception for the teams at about 6.00 p.m. at Islington Town Hall. Senator WNsstest wondered if the Ambassador might find it possible to host a Duftat-receptionnuf:fat-reception for both teams later that evening around 8.00 or 8.30 p.m. ThaThe Irish team will be as follows:follows: 7'0"0 Senators ~vest,~vest , LaniganLa.nigan and Ayl1.ro.rd;Ayl\ro.rd; Deputies Callery, Donellan,Donelian, Allen,Alien, Kenny, Ahern, Lawlor, Smith and Lipper.

·.Martin-,Martin McMahonMcMa.hon will act as "manager". SQilatorStmato WestWa t said that there wouJ.dwo~d likely be some :fivefive or siXsix additional.additional people t'rom~om Leinster Hquse, TDs or others, accompanyingaocompanying the group.

The two J3ritiahJ3ritish organisers are BruceJ3ruct! George, Labour MP tor ".:laleall';Ialaall South and Dr Bernard DonoughueDonoughufJ ~ Senior Policy Adviser

to the PrimaPrime Minister. ..A ...... ' ,"" ,.... ",' \ f.'l, J. Campbell · 26th Nay 1978

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Telaphone:relaphone: 01·23501-235 2171

Telex:relex: 916104 IRISH EMBASSY,EMBASSY. LONDON.LONDON·

/0ID May 1978

Dear Hugh It enclose a note to me from Michae1Michafr~ Br~zil of the Embassy about pl~~s for a football match between TDs and HPsHI's of "\>rhichvThich the Department r.uaymay vTishvrish totQ., be aware. Yours -sincerely

·1/) .- ·,r':).... -:-:- ll'( ... k ~~John. J ohn EH . F . Campbell Hinister PlenipotentiaryPle!1ipotentiary

Hr EughHugh SififtSwift Anglo-Irish Section Department of Foreign Affairs Dublin 2

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Over the P:lstp:J.st hTObro years,yea=s, a team c9.lledcalled ';Testminster1:lestminster \:Icmderers'T

cO:lposeconposed of British LPr·I.P's.' s.

matches againsta.~ainst Shoi'TbizShoHbiz Xl'sXI's upu.p and dOi'mdOim this Cot"l1trycotmtry cndend

ooff the Sho'ibizSho>'7biz XIXI,, 1'/'hom\ofhom I lmo111mo,,' for yero;syeaxs,, to reco!1llIlendrecommend a "' ' ' fullY-G.ualifiedfully-qualified neutral referee for the gone. TryIly name was

gigivenv en and I duly refereed the g~egome.. "[hen\·Jhen ..:thej;he Germ.anGerman game,. ivas>fas arrangedarranged,, I was again asked to officiate uhichlfhich I did. . '·\. 1;0\'1,l~mr, Senator Trevor ~'Jest~·Jest has approachedap!?1'oached Dr Bernard DonougnueDonoughue,, Policy Advisor to the P.M. suggesting natchesmatches on a home and a'a'/raytray basis betweenbeti'l'een Dail EireannEiree.nn and ;lestminster\lestminster. Dr Dor..oughue

informed ca~e of thist~is p.=oposalproposal and again asked me to referee sh01ldshould the matches CO:lecone off. I say "should""shol\ld" as there are financialfina cial difficulties to be overcome . Both partiesarties are novrno;., going to solicit various sources for sponsorship.sponsorship. If they

succeed, the tentative arrangementsarrangem.ents are that Dail EireannEire~~

coDesCODes to London sonetimesoiJetime in June ond Uestminster~'lestminster travel to D1,;.bli..JDublLi in Septenbe:::,Septeobe~, -:rherc~n1erc Job.!U"1yJOPJLjY Giles hachaD offereiofferc1 facilities

to staJ9s:ag~ the~he gane.gene.

If direct discussions behreenbe"breen Senator ~~'1· Test est and l:lr:;)r Dor..oughueDonoughue procuce.results:proc'J.ce • results i.ei. e.. sa~isfactory aponsorshipsponsorship (and of coursecourse there is no g"'g"..'.a.rar..te~~arar..te~ that this ~·rill"'ill be forthco:ningforthco:::ling in 1-rhichi'Thich case the proposed a.rrangenentsarrangem.ents ;'Till-;-rill collapse) , the actual

arr:mgem.-::m.tsarr~g~!!l"!!lts ~-rill be nade::lade b:.rby BruceB::-uce George :l.P.,!l.P., cn.ptn.incapb.. in D..."1dn...i.d orga..'1isa:::or a.'1.i3e~ of t~e '.TestnL'lster'Jestn:L'"1ster teamteam.. Dr Donough.ueDonoughue is :L"1volvedinvolved in=-'1 th~::h~ di~C'Ltssior..sdi:::cussior..s ?.t:1t t!list!1is st"3t,.,.z.. .;e~ because of hishig :riendship.:::-iendvhip itiid th

r- . ~ ,. .J. h Sa!:.a"':or.::,a~aJo:r" ':iest:le3 .. ~rho~T! 0 is pushL'lgpushing the idea ve-::y entimsio..sticallyantb.usi3.stically.

11 Hy "neutrality"neutralJ.·ty" .;.,...~in a IJanatcht c11 1nvoinvolving· 1 VJ.ng· DDailaJ. · 1 t;1·~J.rea.nnEire.::mn coucOt~ld ld possibly be que-::iedqueril3d but the '~:estninster.:estiJinster 1Ja.,."1derers,Uunderers , \·rho,.. iho haveh ve experiencedexperienced

inconpetent or over---officiousover-officious referees ,f like DYDy style of refereeinGreferee in,:; ~;hich~Jhich i..""lvolves;:wclves co:::r~ctco~rqct interpreto..tioninterpret:1tion of thet e b:~:sla,~s plus!>lus thet e blb.dhlin ~ eyee e ~i1:.en:;1:en the situationsitU2.tion Harrants-;'1a::-rants it.. L