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'I am not part of anyone's boycott': President Higgins defends decision to not attend religious service in NI

President Michael D Higgins has defended his decision to decline an invitation to a religious service in Northern Ireland next month. Speaking in Rome during a four-day official visit to the Italian capital, President Higgins said his problem was ...

17 Sept 2021 at 11:26

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New Irish music initiative praised by President Higgins

A new initiative to promote Irish artists and bands has been announced this week with the Irish President hailing it as a hugely important and genuinely historic new initiative in Irish radio. Irish Music Month, launched in partnership with Hot ...

15 Sept 2021 at 13:49

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Abbeyleix volunteers swap the bog for Áras an Uachtaráin

Eight volunteers from Abbeyleix bog attended a garden party in Áras an Uachtaráin on Friday, June 30. The garden party is one of many parties held every year by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. President Higgins and his wife ...

04 Jul 2017 at 17:47

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Higgins says commission must reflect on approach to mass migration

The new EU commission must reflect on its approach to mass migration, the President has said. Michael D Higgins said it was “common sense” that the health service in Ireland would not run without migrant workers. Noting his own family’s ...

17 Sept 2024 at 19:30

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Voting closes in referenda over changes to Constitution

Voting has finished in referenda on proposed changes to the Constitution in Ireland. Polling stations across the country closed at 10pm in the votes on whether to change the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family ...

08 Mar 2024 at 22:24

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Illegal dumping 'shameful' at Abbeyleix Bog weeks after Michael D Higgins visit

The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins recently visited Abbeyleix bog as part of National Biodiversity Week. While he was there the President of Ireland referenced the bog as "a precious resource, one that has been lost in much ...

14 Jul 2017 at 15:17

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President Higgins will not join Queen Elizabeth at NI centenary event

President Michael D Higgins will not attend an event with Queen Elizabeth II to mark one hundred years of partition in Northern Ireland. According to the Irish Times, a spokesman for the president said he is "unable to attend the ...

15 Sept 2021 at 17:39

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President Michael D Higgins highlights impact of school bullying and youth violence

School bullying and youth violence can have profound and tragic consequences for those affected here in Donegal and around the world. President Michael D Higgins has issued a statement addressing this serious issue to mark ...

05 Nov 2020 at 20:40

Results of RTÉ exit poll reveals surprising outcome of the Presidential election

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Results of RTÉ exit poll reveals surprising outcome of Presidential election

RTÉ's Presidential election exit poll has revealed that Michael D Higgins is set to return to Áras an Úachtaráin after the Presidential election. The outgoing president is on course to win 58% of the vote. Coming in ...

26 Oct 2018 at 23:04

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Rapturous applause and Bon Jovi song feature during historic handover of power

Rapturous applause, a mention of a gangland figure and the words of a Bon Jovi song featured during the historic handover of power in the Irish parliament. Every seat was taken both in the Dail chamber and the ...

17 Dec 2022 at 19:20

President Michael D Higgins got a warm welcome when he came to Laois to visit Abbeyleix Bog

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President Michael D Higgins got a warm welcome when he came to Laois to walk on Abbeyleix Bog

Abbeyleix town in Laois had the sun shining and flowers blooming for President Michael D Higgins this week. The president arrived on Thursday afternoon May 25 to visit the rare raised bog, restored by the ...

26 May 2017 at 14:02

Northern Ireland

Deputy First Minister criticises Higgins over Gaza comments at Holocaust event

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has criticised Irish president Michael D Higgins for raising the ongoing conflict in Gaza during his speech to an annual Holocaust memorial event in Dublin. Emma ...

27 Jan 2025 at 16:45

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