President Michael D Higgins will deliver the keynote speech at an event to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day despite objections from the Israeli ambassador to Ireland. Dana Erlich has called ...

“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 ...

President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. Several members of the Jewish community ...

“Most poems are too long,” Michael would say. Most poems are too Longley, I’d reply, but the truth is most poems are not Longley enough. He joked that if some of the people who call ...

An Israeli woman living in Ireland was forcibly ejected and a number of protesters walked out during President Michael D Higgins’s speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day event on Sunday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina arriving at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Mansion House in Dublin. Photo credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire A number of protesters stood and ...

The keynote address will be given by President Michael D Higgins. But there is a big problem; Ireland’s Jewish community does not want him to give it. President Higgins has been an extremely ...