Ten people including Republic of Ireland captain Séamus Coleman have received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award ...

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

The deputy first minister has criticised Irish president Michael D Higgins for raising the ongoing conflict in Gaza during ...

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 ...

A small number of protesters reportedly turned their backs on Mr Higgins as he addressed the current conflict in the Middle ...

Northern Ireland's deputy First Minister has criticised Irish president Michael D Higgins for raising the ongoing conflict in ...

The president's popularity is unquestionable but his successor should not use the office to openly criticise policy ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland Emma Little-Pengelly has criticised Irish president Michael D Higgins (Mark Marlow/PA) Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has criticised Irish ...

“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 ...