That will be the contest to choose the successor to President Michael D Higgins, who steps down after two terms in office. The election will be held in late autumn, with the inauguration in early ...

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 ...

The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, head of a major development aid foundation and the owner of mystery horse Shergar, died yesterday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced ...

President Michael D Higgins also expressed his deepest condolences on the death of the Aga Khan. He described the spiritual leader as a “dedicated philanthropist”, adding that he made an ...

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s service in All Souls Church in Belfast. The renowned poet died in hospital at the age of 85 ...

“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 ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins was among a series of well-known faces at the service, as was Marie Devlin, the widow of the late Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney. Also present were ...