What is Mary Robinson?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Her Excellency]] |name = Mary Robinson |image = Mary Robinson in March 2014 (cropped).jpg |caption = Mary Robinson in March 2014 |office = [[President of Ireland]] |taoiseach = [[Charles Haughey]]<br />[[Albert Reynolds]]<br />[[John Bruton]]<br />[[Bertie Ahern]] |term_start = 3 December 1990 |term_end = 12 September 1997 |preceded = [[Patrick Hillery]] |succeeded = [[Mary McAleese]] |office2 = [[United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Secretary-General}} |1namedata2 = [[Kofi Annan]] |term_start2 = 12 September 1997 |term_end2 = 12 September 2002 |predecessor2 = [[José Ayala Lasso]] |successor2 = [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]] |office3 = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] |term_start3 = 5 November 1969 |term_end3 = 5 July 1989 |predecessor3 = [[William Bedell Stanford]] |successor3 = [[Carmencita Hederman]] |constituency3 = [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]] |birth_date = {{bda|1944|5|21|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]], [[County Mayo]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <small>(1969–1977, 1981–present)</small><ref>Robinson stood as an independent presidential candidate but received support from the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] and the [[Workers' Party of Ireland|Workers' Party]].</ref> |otherparty = [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] <small>(1977–1981)</small> |spouse = [[Nicholas Robinson]] |profession = [[Barrister]]<br />[[Professor]] |alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Dublin]]<br />[[Harvard Law School]] }} '''Mary Robinson''' ({{lang-ga|Máire Mhic Róibín}};[http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=31&lang=ire] born 21 May 1944) was the first female [[President of Ireland]], serving from 1990 to 1997. She had been an academic, [[barrister]], and member of the [[Seanad Éireann|Irish sen