Micheál Martin and Simon Harris welcome Gaza ceasefire after ‘15 months of immense human suffering’
Michael D Higgins said massive scale-up of humanitarian aid is needed now to save lives
Michael D Higgins
Holocaust memorial organisers defend decision to invite Michael D Higgins to speak
Chief rabbi Yoni Wieder objected to President’s presence because of failure to acknowledge or address anti-Semitism
Michael D Higgins should not speak at Holocaust commemoration in Dublin, say Jewish representatives
President Higgins will address the gathering in the Mansion House on Sunday, January 26th, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
When it comes to clutter are you more like Michael D Higgins or minimalist Marie Kondo?
Unthinkable: Preserving only that which is joyful is philosophically problematic
President Higgins’s remarks about Nato criticised by former Estonian president
Ireland enjoys ‘privileged’ geographical location and benefits from ‘implicit’ Nato protection, former president of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves says
Ireland cannot rely on a soft and woolly international reputation anymore
Greatest task facing the new government is restoring Ireland’s standing in Europe and the world
President criticises Nato’s ‘appalling’ call for increased military spending
Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric
‘The giant has gone but he will be in our hearts’, Pádraig Ó Snodaigh’s funeral hears
Activist and writer borrowed money from a friend to establish Coiscéim which published some 1,777 books in Irish, service told
Power to the People: The Hot Press Years by Michael D Higgins. Minority reports from Ireland of the 1980s and 1990s
This selection of the President’s magazine columns is a diverse collection of journalism from the left of the Irish political spectrum
Funeral to take place of Irish writer and publisher Pádraig Ó Snodaigh
President Higgins described former Conradh na Gaeilge president as 'a man of immense dedication and a major figure of the Irish language movement'
We won’t realise how much we’ll miss Michael D Higgins as President until he’s gone
Michael D Higgins, a funny-sounding little poet heaving with lofty thoughts, was exactly what the doctor ordered for Ireland in 2011
Five things to watch in 2025 as the next government takes shape
Year ahead promises no shortage of intrigue and challenge for the political classes as they look to digest a new reality brought about by the year of elections
Joe Biden leads tributes to Jimmy Carter following ex-president’s death aged 100
State funeral scheduled for Jaunary 9th, at which Biden will deliver a eulogy
Higgins praises Jimmy Carter’s lifelong push for human rights as ‘almost unique’ among US presidents
Tributes paid to longest-surviving president, with Taoiseach Simon Harris praising work in Middle East
Rifle shots fired in honour of Dubliner known as ‘Papa Tom’ at Dili funeral
Human rights campaigner Tom Hyland is laid to rest in adopted home of Timor-Leste
Death announced of East Timor peace campaigner Tom Hyland (72)
Tributes to former Ballyfermot bus driver led by President Michael D Higgins
The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The histories of the future are none of our concern. Our concern is the present
Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain
Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule
Coalition talks are like Santa’s Grotto as Independents are busy writing their lists
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up a Israel enters a war of words with Ireland
Michael D Higgins gives last Christmas message as president: ‘We are a country of which there is much to be proud’
President pays special tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces who will be overseas this Christmas for showing ‘an example of Irishness and its values at its best’
Ireland is ‘extreme against Israel’, says ambassador
President Michael D Higgins says accusations of anti-Semitism are ‘gross defamation’
President Michael D Higgins accuses Israel of ‘deep slander’ over anti-Semitic claims
President was responding to comments from Israel’s foreign minister on Monday
Council to run the rule over Portobello house revival as Hugh Wallace deviates from the plan
Plus: Michael H Burke not sweating it over Ailesbury Road house price, Politico takes aim at ‘Europa Experience’ centres, and Fontaines DC are doing just nicely
Catherine Martin has been the most consequential minister for culture since Michael D Higgins
The outgoing Green Party TD delivered on her predecessors’ promises to address Ireland’s woeful shortfall when it comes to supporting cultural activity
Palestinian footballer who visited Ireland and met President killed in Israeli air strike
Higgins holds ‘warmest of memories’ of Palestinian footballers who visited Ireland
Jewish student attacked in Dublin nightclub in suspected hate crime amid fears of rising anti-Semitism
Victim (23) says he was asked ‘are you Jewish?’ before being assaulted by three men
Some 2,000 trees planted in grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin in event hosted by President and his wife
‘Mini-forest’ was planted as part of a volunteer project that aims to plant 100m native variety trees throughout Ireland over the next decade
‘Unspeakable’ Birmingham pub bombings remembered 50 years on
Explosions, widely blamed on the IRA, killed 21 people in the city in November 1974
Gaisce Gold Awards: President Michael D Higgins praises winners’ ‘hard work, perseverance and commitment’
Seventy-three young people presented with awards at ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin
Could Michael D topple Christy from the top of the album charts?
President Michael D Higgins records an LP; the Oireachtas spends more taxpayers’ cash on something it’s not clear we need; and an ex-rugby star encounters some unwanted wingers
‘Devastated’ Pat Shortt pays tribute to comedy partner Jon Kenny who has died aged 66
President remembers Limerick actor, best known as one half of D’Unbelievables, as an ‘extraordinary talent’
President Michael D Higgins writes letter of congratulations to Donald Trump after his US election victory
President previously criticised Donald Trump’s record on climate change as ‘regressive’
Ireland can play pivotal role in ensuring global food security while meeting challenge of an overheating planet
If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities
Appointment of first full ambassador from Palestine approved by Government
Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid to become full envoy after carrying out role of ‘ambassador — head of mission’
Former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power ‘showed bravery to the bitter end’, son tells funeral Mass
Former RTÉ northern editor and political correspondent died last weekend after short illness
General election: When and how will it be called?
Taoiseach Simon Harris is expected to set the wheels in motion for the next general election on Friday, with votes to be cast three weeks later, on Friday, November 29th
Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158 with ‘dozens and dozens’ missing, says minister
One year’s worth of rain fell in eights hours in parts of country’s Valencia region while rescue teams continue searches
‘I’ve never seen anything like it before’: Irish in Spain left in ‘shock’ after fatal flooding
Dublin woman forced to abandon home with no preparation as rooms began to fill with water in ‘frightening’ experience
Posthumous presidential pardons ‘lift the shadow’ from Kerry men hanged 142 years ago
President signs pardons for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett who were wrongfully convicted and hanged for murder in 1882
‘Stop this horror of history,’ says President Higgins as Israel moves to ban aid agency
Taoiseach Simon Harris says Europe needs to find the ‘moral courage’ to act on the issue
What Gerry Adams really said to David Trimble in the loo during peace talks
Drama bigs up Adams-Trimble encounter; Saoirse Ronan gets a knock-back; buskers object to Grafton Street development; and Sabina Higgins takes on a woolly role
‘Very unusual’ for President to suggest concerns around Planning Bill without referring it to Supreme Court
Statement from President suggests a dedicated case taken to the Supreme Court would be more appropriate than a referral under his own constitutional powers
Families of Stardust fire victims ‘let down by the State’, says Michael D Higgins
President hosted majority of relatives and friends of 48 people who died in fire, thanking them for ‘tenacity’ in their fight for truth
‘I met Nigel Farage in the bar’: the vicar’s daughter who ‘liked to party’ and is now first minister of Wales
Eluned Morgan travels to Cork on Thursday for a bilateral with the Irish Government, but first she must learn a cúpla focail for her trip to the Áras
Presidential award for footballer Seamus Coleman, designer Orla Kiely and playwright Rosalind Scanlon
Tánaiste says Irish people overseas ‘continue to make vital contributions to their communities and on the international stage’
‘We have not received threats’: Unifil spokesman responds to claim made by Higgins on Irish troops in Lebanon
Michael D Higgins, in his capacity as supreme commander of the Defence Forces, said threats had been made by Israel to the Unifil peacekeeping force
Mary O’Rourke, in the thick of it again – only this time, for the last time
Forty years in politics. A trailblazer. When she arrived in Leinster House in 1981, she wasn’t ‘just there to make up the numbers’, says Micheál Martin
Irish troops ‘determined to fulfil mission’ in Lebanon as Israel invasion continues
Unifil ‘deeply concerned’ about activities of Israeli army close to Irish base in south Lebanon
‘Outrageous’ of Israel to threaten peacekeepers in Lebanon, President Michael D Higgins says
Israel rejects criticism, saying claim that IDF had threatened Unifil forces was ‘unfounded and inflammatory’
Atlas of the Irish Civil War. New Perspectives: History presented with imagination and innovation
Issues raised in third volume of historical series are at core of concerns still with us today
Rules-based international order is a poor substitute for the vision of the UN’s founders
Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul
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