“Leave it! I don’t need it.” So the script lay abandoned at his feet, witness to the oratorical skills of Michael D Higgins as he launched into his speech. Michael D is enough of a performer ...

Dana Erlich says President will be a distraction as she also criticises Simon Harris President Michael D Higgins and outgoing Israeli ambassador Dana Erlich President Michael D Higgins has ...

That will be the contest to choose the successor to President Michael D Higgins, who steps down after two terms in office. The election will be held in late autumn, with the inauguration in early ...

I once saw Michael D Higgins give a talk about the evolution of the global political economy from Bretton Woods, the agreement hatched by the allies after the Second World War. He went through ...

President has the courage and intellect to articulate carefully chosen sentiments of empathy and concern for events both past and present President Michael D Higgins is that rarest of things in ...

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s service in All Souls Church in Belfast. The renowned poet died in hospital at the age of 85 ...

The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, head of a major development aid foundation and the owner of mystery horse Shergar, died yesterday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced ...

PROTESTERS have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by Irish President Michael D Higgins. It comes after some objected to the invitation to Mr Higgins to deliver the ...

The row about whether the president should address the annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration ignores his speeches at previous events President Michael D Higgins during the Holocaust Memorial ...

President Michael D Higgins has rejected calls from the Israeli ambassador to cancel plans to deliver the keynote speech at this year’s National Holocaust Memorial Day. In an interview with the ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris has defended Michael D Higgins' speech at a Holocaust Memorial service after protesters angry at his mention of Gaza were removed from Mansion House. Some members of the ...

The outgoing ambassador to Ireland urged Michael D Higgins to steer clear of the event in Dublin as she accused him of being ‘anti-Israeli’. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was accused ...