Garret FitzGerald, former Irish prime minister, to speak | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Garret FitzGerald, former Irish prime minister, to speak Garret FitzGerald, former Irish prime minister, to speak Published: September 23, 2003 Author: Michael O. Garvey Garret FitzGerald, former prime minister of Ireland, will give a lecture on “Northern Ireland and the Normalization of the Irish-British Relationship” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 30) in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.p. FitzGerald served two terms as prime minister, or Taosieach, from 1981-82 and 1982-87. Before holding his country’s highest political office, he was its minister for foreign affairs from 1973-77. He played a crucial role in the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985, which dramatically increased the Irish government’s influence on the political status of the nationalist community in Northern Ireland.p. FitzGerald is chancellor of the National University of Ireland, director of several export market consultancy and software production firms, and chairman of the board of Rila, Inc. He lectures widely, writes a weekly column in the Irish Times, and is the author of numerous books, including a 1991 autobiography, “All in a Life.”p. The lecture is sponsored by the Keough Institute for Irish Studies. TopicID: 4192 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn