I realised how weary I had grown of trying to explain President Michael D Higgins’s words and proclivities to curious but incredulous English people. The first time I remember doing so is when ...

Senior representatives of the Jewish community in Ireland have objected to President Michael D Higgins giving the keynote speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration later this month.

You can check out at any time. More info President Michael D Higgins has led the tributes congratulating Colin Farrell on winning a Golden Globe award. Dubliner Farrell took home the award for ...

President Michael D Higgins has said calls by Nato for alliance countries to hike defence spending are “appalling” and rebuked the size of global military spending. In a speech at the BT Young ...

Michael D Higgins’s comments on ‘long-overdue ceasefire’ in Gaza are a ‘cheap, despicable provocation’, says Israel’s foreign minister Ireland’s president has been branded ...

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 ...

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 Tanaiste has defended the decision by Michael D Higgins to raise the ongoing conflict in Gaza during his speech to an annual Holocaust memorial event in Dublin. Protesters were removed from ...

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 ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins with Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichenthal as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Mansion House in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) The Tanaiste has ...

The organiser of the National Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration has defended its decision to invite President Michael D Higgins to give the keynote address, despite opposition from some in the ...