Higgins cites ‘stripping away layers of troubled past’
President reflects on positives of four-day state visit
President Michael D Higgins speaks at the Guildhall in Coventry during the final part of his state visit to Britain. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Ireland and Britain “are stripping away the old layers of the troubled past” and creating new “hope and opportunity”, President Michael D Higgins has said.
Speaking at the end of the final day of his state visit, Mr Higgins said his “earnest hope is that our two countries will continue to tread the path of neighbourly friendship”.