# president-higgins - Sunday 20 March, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
An oak tree will be planted as a lasting memorial to victims of the pandemic.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# Words From The áras
# Words From The áras
The president said: “We have been reminded of our shared vulnerability, our interdependence, the need for an understanding that can fly past borders.”
# president-higgins - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Across The Water
# Across The Water
The queen’s 2011 visit to the Republic of Ireland was the first by a British monarch.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Sé Mo Laoch
# Sé Mo Laoch
Misneach, meaning courage, is five months old.
# president-higgins - Sunday 25 October, 2020
# Health Act
# Health Act
The amendment expands the penalties that can be applied to offences when Covid-19 restrictions are broken.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
President Michael D Higgins gave a speech to the Engineers Ireland Conference this morning.
# president-higgins - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Inner City
# Inner City
President Higgins said he was part of the “beating heart” of community campaigning.
# president-higgins - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The President has recorded a Covid-19 related message to the Irish at home and abroad.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# History
# History
The President’s comments come at a time when there is is a global focus on the history of colonialism.
# president-higgins - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Late Late Show
# Late Late Show
In relation to older people, he said there were mistakes made in the language around cocooning.
# president-higgins - Thursday 5 March, 2020
# Centenarian Bounty
# Centenarian Bounty
A total of 481 Irish people received the Centenarian Bounty last year.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Royal Visit
# Royal Visit
Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Galway are all on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s itinerary this week.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
# Strong Words
# Strong Words
Higgins made the comments at a speech in the RDS today.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 1 May, 2019
# Retirement
# Retirement
The president wrote to Walsh to wish him a successful retirement.
# president-higgins - Sunday 11 November, 2018
# In Full
# In Full
Michael D Higgins touched on an extensive array of themes including tackling poverty and confronting hate.
# president-higgins - Thursday 4 October, 2018
# Aras 18
# Aras 18
Higgins has pointed out that his predecessor Mary McAleese returned the balance when she finished her two terms.
# president-higgins - Saturday 28 July, 2018
# Off The Rack
# Off The Rack
We’re a touch clearer now but we still don’t know who’s going to be on the ballot.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 7 March, 2018
# Me Too
# Me Too
President Michael D Higgins spoke to Ryan Tubridy ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow.
# president-higgins - Friday 2 March, 2018
# Stay Safe
# Stay Safe
The President said that he has had to cancel a number of events.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
# Christmas Message
# Christmas Message
In his annual address, Higgins said that Christmas was a time to reflect on the year gone by and to think of the story “that lies at the heart of this festive season”.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
# To Be Confirmed
# To Be Confirmed
Higgins officially opened the National Ploughing Championships this afternoon.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# Growing Crisis
# Growing Crisis
Michael D Higgins has shared his thoughts on the impact of homelessness.
# president-higgins - Friday 19 May, 2017
# D-Tour To Vatican
# D-Tour To Vatican
President Higgins will also visit the Biennale, the world’s oldest international art exhibition.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 8 March, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
He also expressed his grief at the tragedies of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home bodies and the deaths in Clondalkin fire today.
# president-higgins - Thursday 22 December, 2016
# Giant Acorn
# Giant Acorn
The bronze cast artwork will be placed in woodland surrounding the President’s residence.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
# Diplomatic Relations
# Diplomatic Relations
President Higgins and his wife Sabina welcomed hundreds of families to the Áras on Saturday for the official switching on of the Christmas lights.
# president-higgins - Saturday 17 September, 2016
# Collecting The Bills
# Collecting The Bills
The president stopped off at an ATM in Cork to get some cash on a recent visit.
# Michael D Higgins
From The Daily Edge
# president-higgins - Tuesday 6 September, 2016
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Father-of-three Derek Byrne (36), from Streamville Rd, Kilbarrack, Dublin, was fined €300 by Judge Bryan Smyth at Dublin District Court today.
# president-higgins - Friday 1 July, 2016
# Centenary
# Centenary
Today marks 100 years since the start of the four-and-a-half month battle which left over one million dead or injured.
# president-higgins - Sunday 10 April, 2016
# Talks About Talks
# Talks About Talks
A veteran FF negotiator says Michael D would have chased Enda back to the Dáil to knock heads together.
# president-higgins - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
# In Memory
# In Memory
Michael D is en route to the west coast of America.
# president-higgins - Saturday 29 August, 2015
# Result
# Result
President Higgins signed the Marriage Equality Bill into law this evening.
# president-higgins - Monday 29 June, 2015
# president-higgins - Friday 30 January, 2015
# Water Charges
# Water Charges
Reluctantly and unhappily, I’ve decided I can no more pick the taxes I pay than the laws I obey.
# president-higgins - Monday 29 December, 2014
# Water Services Bill
# Water Services Bill
The president’s hands were essentially tied by the Constitution.
# president-higgins - Sunday 28 December, 2014
# It's Official
# It's Official
Water charges are now the law of the land.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 24 December, 2014
# Dear Michael
# Dear Michael
The President had a swift response for some of them (and it wasn’t a complete ‘no’.)
# president-higgins - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Conflict
# Conflict
This will bring the funding provided by Ireland to the South Sudanese crisis this year to over €8.5 million.
# president-higgins - Wednesday 15 October, 2014
# Foi Requests
# Foi Requests
A new law extends Freedom of Information requests to cover limited areas of an Garda Síochána and other organisations. They don’t have to answer you though…
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