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A visit from the President of Eire

The biggest police presence ever seen in the history of Aarhus University was on hand to receive Mary McAleese, the President of Eire, when she visited the university on 12 October to give a lecture on the subject of “Small States in the New World Order”.

The Lakeside Lecture Theatre was full to bursting point. Among other things, Mary McAleese talked about the moral pressure which Denmark and Eire can exert on larger countries – for instance with regard to issues such as green technology and aid for developing countries. She said that Denmark was a pioneer in these areas.