“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 ...

US President Joe Biden is due to meet his Irish counterpart Michael D. Higgins today as part of his trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Can Biden break the Stormont ...

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 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 ...

Michael D Higgins has been inaugurated for a second term as President of Ireland at a ceremony in Dublin Castle on Sunday. Former presidents Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese were in attendance.

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 ...

Irish president Michael D Higgins led the tributes to Mr Longley, and said he learned of his death with “the deepest sadness”. “I regarded him as a peerless poet with at least three poetic ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins has congratulated a north Belfast school for making philosophy a "cornerstone of education". Mr Higgins wrote to Holy Cross Boys Primary's principal Kevin ...

Mr Martin will formally become Ireland’s taoiseach during a ceremony with President Michael D Higgins at his official residence at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin. Mr Higgins will sign the warrant ...

Micheál Martin has defended Michael Lowry’s role in government formation talks, claiming Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael had no ...