Speeches by President of Ireland

President Higgins and his wife Sabina hosted a special Garden Party at Áras an Uachtaráin to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses in 1922. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-host-a-bloomsday-garden-party-2022

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/sabina-officially-opens-the-breast-care-centre-at-beaumont-hospital On Friday, 3rd June, 2022, Sabina Higgins officially opened a new Breast Care Centre at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/presidential-seminars/machnamh-100

Machnamh 100 Seminar V - President Higgins Opening Statement by Áras an Uachtaráin

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” https://president.ie/en/diary/details/broadcast-of-the-fifth-in-the-series-of-machnamh-100-seminars-entitled-constitutional-institutional-and-ideological-foundations-complexity-and-contestation

“Earth Shall be Fair and All It’s People One” “Turn Back, O Man” 1916, Anthem for Peace and Anti War by Clifford Bax , Music by Gustav Holst. Recited by Sabina Higgins https://president.ie/en/sabina-higgins

At the headquarters of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), President Higgins was briefed by Mr Mark Camilleri, Head of Management Centre & Head of Governance. Following this meeting, the President delivered a keynote speech on the issue of migration to an audience including EUAA guests, staff and students from the University of Malta including the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studi...

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-delivers-keynote-address-at-the-launch-of-the-dcu-centre-for-climate-and-society

The President’s keynote address at the University of Vienna ‘The Future of Europe – the Role of Culture’ focused on the historical and contemporary relationship between the two countries, and the central importance of culture in addressing the challenges facing the future of Europe. The University is also the home of the Vienna Centre for Irish Studies. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/presid...

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-reception-to-mark-international-womens-day/speeches The President and Sabina Higgins hosted a special event at Áras an Uachtaráin, bringing together a wide range of organisations to consider together what contribution they can make as a group to strengthening gender equality. Amongst those attending were unions and employers, public sector bodi...

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-a-special-ceremony-to-give-honour-and-hold-in-memory-those-affected-by-the-covid-19-pandemic

Teachtaireacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2022 ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn by Áras an Uachtaráin

St Patrick's Day 2022 - Message from President Michael D. Higgins by Áras an Uachtaráin

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-attends-conradh-na-gaeilges-ard-fheis

https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-by-president-michael-d-higgins

President Higgins recorded a video message that was played at ‘Beyond the Silence’ in Guildhall Square in Derry, marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-addresses-bloody-sunday-50th-anniversary-commemorations

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/sabina-opens-the-all-ireland-one-act-drama-finals

President Michael D. Higgins hosted an event in Áras an Uachtaráin for descendants of the Irish men and women who represented Dáil Éireann at the Treaty negotiations in London in 1921. Among those in attendance will be descendants of Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Robert Barton, Kathleen McKenna, Seán Milroy, Tim Smiddy, Diarmaid Fawsitt, Fionan Lynch, Bridget Mary Lynch (nee Slattery) and Ned Br...

President Higgins is a great supporter of the BT Young Scientist & Technologist exhibition, praising it for encouraging young people to push the boundaries outwards and applying their creative energy and curiosity to a constant exploration of how the world around them can be improved. The President has often paid tribute to the competition, for its ability to provide a platform for young people to...

Christmas and New Year’s Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2021 by Áras an Uachtaráin