President Higgins

A majority of voters think President Michael D Higgins should seek a second term but a significant minority believe he should not, according to the la(...)

At 7.30am on July 1st 1916, they rose from the trenches, line after line of them, all abreast, each man about an arm’s length from his neighbour. And (...)

Last week in The Irish Times Cliff Taylor asked an interesting question of President Michael D Higgins: “Surely it is positive that the economy is rec(...)

The British are very good at pageants and ceremony, and over the five days of the visit of China’s President Xi Jingping they have been laying it on w(...)

During his visit, President Michael D Higgins pointed to the 91 Irish companies working in China and how the country’s external investment would excee(...)

The paradox of remarkable economic growth in many African countries, combined with the enduring legacies of poverty, disease and hunger were central t(...)

Two terraced houses in Wicklow town centre that have been turned into accommodation for homeless people were opened yesterday by President Michael D H(...)

The First World War was a horrific event in human history and has to be regarded as such, according to President Michael D Higgins, who is today atten(...)

A phrase in President Michael D Higgins’ speech captured, perhaps better than any other, the feelings of many of those who yesterday witnessed the ded(...)

A Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to the memory of Irish men and women who fought and died in two world wars was unveiled today at a ceremony in Glasnevi(...)