Watch: President Michael D Higgins delivers his Christmas address to the nation
The President also wished everyone in Ireland a Happy Christmas and a New Year of hope and promise.
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The President also wished everyone in Ireland a Happy Christmas and a New Year of hope and promise.
Michael D Higgins also urged people to take action on the climate crisis in his annual address.
Members of the Defence Forces have submitted their Christmas messages to loved ones.
Crowds came from all over the world, meanwhile, to mark Christmas Day in Bethlehem.
In his annual address, Higgins called for “a new commitment to social solidarity” both at home and abroad.
In a mass in Bethlehem, an archbishop used his homily to lambast the “Herods of today”.
In his annual address, Higgins said that Christmas was a time to reflect on the year gone by and to think of the story “that lies at the heart of this festive season”.
Gardaí say getting behind the wheel after a night of drinking remains a big problem.
If someone is on your mind, let them know.
The Queen and British athletes at the Olympics and Paralympics were singled out for praise by May.
“[This is a] time to focus on the message contained in the story of a child in the manger, born to parents without a home.”
He will appeal for the world to open its doors to Syrians.
Cameron has been criticised for the focus on religion in this year’s Christmas message.
The Met Police are asking the public to consider whether or not their situation is an emergency.
A Christmas message from the Áras…
The true queen shall address her nation.
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It’s now 20 years since the British broadcaster began airing its alternative to the Queen’s annual televised address.
Watch the Taoiseach’s message to the people of Ireland this festive season…
As part of his annual Christmas and New Year message to the nation, the President wants us to focus on ethics in 2014.
Cardinal Seán Brady has urged Irish people to let their representatives know their views on abortion.
Spending Christmas abroad? Send your thoughts to loved ones back home – or vice versa.
Garry Williams has never liked Christmas – but this year, he writes, it will be different.
In his annual Christmas message the Taoiseach praises the people of Ireland for their efforts to get the country back on track.
The President of Ireland offers his best wishes to the people of Ireland and the Irish family, “wherever they may be”.
Share your thoughts on spending Christmas abroad and send festive greetings to the folks back home.
Enda Kenny has delivered a Christmas message. Watch it here.