Criticism in the UK that should be limited to the President is spilling over as some go on the offensive, making sweeping ...

A number of protesters stood and turned their backs to President Michael D Higgins as he delivered his speech during the ...

Poet Michael Longley touched souls with just a few words, funeral hears - The acclaimed Belfast poet died last month aged 85.

Exclusive: Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel has spoken to The Independent in the wake of Jewish protesters ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (left) and Tomi Reichenthal (second left) as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event Israeli ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (left) and Tomi Reichenthal at the Mansion House in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) First Minister Michelle ...

PROTESTERS have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by Irish President Michael D Higgins. It comes after some ... commemoration in Dublin on Sunday. President Higgins and ...

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina arriving at a Holocaust Memorial Day event (Brian Lawless/PA) Protesters have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by ...

Several protesters were removed from a Holocaust commemoration event during President Michael D Higgins's speech on Sunday.

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined ... Longley is survived by his wife, Edna, and children Rebecca, Daniel and Sarah.