Speeches by President of Ireland

Machnamh 100 Seminar II - Empire: Instincts, Interests, Power & Resistance “Versions of the ‘Other’ – As Tool in the Culture of Imperialism, and Rationalisation for Sources of Violence”

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Machnamh 100 - Response by Prof. Alvin Jackson by Áras an Uachtaráin

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See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-machnamh-100-seminar President Higgins hosted the second in the ‘Machnamh 100’ series of reflections on 25 February 2021. The second seminar included consideration of European Empires following the First World War, the British Empire in particular, and imperial attitudes and responses to occurrences in Ireland.

Professor John Horne (Trinity College Dublin) Ireland at the Crossroad, 1920-1921: Nation, Empire, Partition

President Michael D. Higgins marked the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science with a special message for 11 February 2021. In his message, the President said that the International Day provides an appropriate occasion “to celebrate the contribution of women to the field of science, to acknowledge how important a contribution it is, and to highlight the ongoing need for act...

President Higgins has published a message of support to the “Ireland Reads” campaign. See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-lends-support-to-ireland-reads-campaign

Teachtaireacht ar Lá Fhéile Bríde ón Mícheál D. Ó HUigínn, Uachtarán na hÉireann by Áras an Uachtaráin

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-michael-d-higgins-marks-la-fheile-bride President Michael D. Higgins issued a special message to mark Lá Fhéile Bríde / St. Brigid’s Day. In his Message, the President recalled the origins of St. Brigid’s Feast Day, highlighting the influence that St. Brigid has had on Irish society, and noting that her examples as a strong female voice in a male...

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As a gesture to all those who have died, or who have lost a loved-one during the past year, President Higgins and Sabina invited Dan McCabe to perform ‘The Parting Glass’ at Áras an Uachtaráin, to remember the year that was, and to bring 2020 to a close with a thought for them all. The performance is part of the President’s ‘Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún / Imagination and the Nation’ initiative, whi...

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President Higgins has shared his annual Christmas message. For more information, see https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/christmas-and-new-years-message-from-president-michael-d-higgins

Teachtaireacht na Nollag agus na hAthbhliana ó Uachtarán na hÉireann Micheál D. Ó hUigínn by Áras an Uachtaráin

Message From President Higgins For NAPD GRMA Day 2020 by Áras an Uachtaráin

President Michael D. Higgins has recorded a special message for third level students.

Sabina Higgins addresses AGM of the South Dublin Public Participation Network See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/sabina-addresses-agm-of-the-south-dublin-public-participation-network

President Address - Late Late Show - Tribute To Sharon Shannon by Áras an Uachtaráin

Response by Prof. Joep Leerssen to the Machnamh 100 address by President HIggins by Áras an Uachtaráin