# michael-d-higgins - Monday 11 February, 2019
Speaking today, Higgins recalled those who emigrated from Ireland to Birmingham.
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# michael-d-higgins - Monday 21 January, 2019
Michael D Higgins was commemorating the centenary of the establishment of Dáil Éireann.
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# michael-d-higgins - Wednesday 26 December, 2018
The State pension age is scheduled to increase to 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028.
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# michael-d-higgins - Thursday 20 December, 2018
Hospitals will provide the services in 2019.
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# michael-d-higgins - Thursday 13 December, 2018
This is the first time such a review has been published since the Irish Presidency was established in 1938.
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# michael-d-higgins - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
The committee got into hot water before the presidential election when it decided to review the spending of the Office of the President of Ireland.
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# michael-d-higgins - Thursday 29 November, 2018
Ten people, chosen from 148 nominations, are set to be honoured by President Higgins today.
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# michael-d-higgins - Sunday 18 November, 2018
Ireland beat New Zealand in a thrilling encounter at the Aviva Stadium.
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# michael-d-higgins - Monday 12 November, 2018
Dublin Castle provided a dramatic backdrop to the nighttime inauguration ceremony.
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# michael-d-higgins - Sunday 11 November, 2018
He promised to be President for all – and noted he had a huge mandate to deliver his vision over the next seven years.
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His first term as President officially ended at midnight.
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President-elect Michael D Higgins delayed his inauguration to take part in an event
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# michael-d-higgins - Saturday 3 November, 2018
There was controversy during the campaign about the €317,000 annual allowance paid to the Office of the President.
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# michael-d-higgins - Friday 2 November, 2018
The ceremony is due to take place on Sunday 11 November.
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# michael-d-higgins - Sunday 28 October, 2018
Peter Casey went on the attack over Michael D Higgins’ Bernese Mountain Dogs.
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# michael-d-higgins - Saturday 27 October, 2018
President Michael D Higgins says he would focus on equality, togetherness and strong sustainable communities during his next term.
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Ireland may be resistant to the temptations of populism but we are not immune, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Just 43.87% of the electorate voted in the presidential election.
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The votes are in and Michael D Higgins will have another seven years in the Áras.
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Ireland has overwhelmingly backed Higgins to serve another seven years as president.
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Varadkar said Michael D Higgins had received a resounding endorsement from the Irish people.
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Gallagher comments come after exit polls predicted he received just 7% of votes.
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Michael D Higgins is on course to be re-elected president.
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Here’s your step-by step guide to count day.
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# michael-d-higgins - Friday 26 October, 2018
The exit poll backs up numerous pre-ballot polls which predicted a huge win for Higgins.
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We also got our fair share of #dogsatpollingstations content.
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# michael-d-higgins - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
David McCullagh was on hosting duties in Montrose.
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All six presidential candidates took part in a debate for the last time. How did they do?
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Haven’t decided who you’re going to vote for? Look no further.
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Leo Varadkar said the pilots are “paid anyway” and the added costs of flying someone in the plane are “very small”.
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# michael-d-higgins - Monday 22 October, 2018
One of Higgins’ rivals has claimed that those without personal wealth or the backing of political parties will soon be unable to become president.
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# michael-d-higgins - Sunday 21 October, 2018
Gallagher’s monumental lead was undone, but by then the campaign had already become a bizarre one.
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Some are in favour of a blanket amnesty for people living in the system for more than five years.
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Although Higgins has a huge lead, the polls may not reflect the recent furore surrounding Peter Casey.
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# michael-d-higgins - Saturday 20 October, 2018
“It is clear now that Michael D Higgins claim has caused considerable anger within the PSNI… This is very serious.”
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# michael-d-higgins - Thursday 18 October, 2018
We can expect Casey’s controversial stance to dominate coverage of the campaign again today.
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# michael-d-higgins - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
Pat Kenny moderated the six-way debate on Virgin Media One.
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All six presidential candidates took part tonight. How did they get on?
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Casey had said that travellers are “basically people camping in someone else’s land”.
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Higgins has twice as many first preference votes as the rest of the candidates combined, per the latest Irish Times Ipsos/MRBI poll.
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