Former president of Ireland Michael D Higgins has said that Ireland should seek to recover moral significance during its ...

Higgins criticised the government’s prioritising of economic interests over moral convictions and international law.

Former president Michael D Higgins says he will not be attending the Republic of Ireland’s match against Israel in Dublin this autumn, describing as “spurious” the argument that sport and politics do ...

This year’s Christmas Card - which will be sent to international Heads of State, members of the diplomatic corps and members of the public both in Ireland and abroad - features a message of ‘Peace & ...

Mr Higgins said he returned €384,467 under a “1938 Allowance” in his second seven-year term, in addition to €238,443 in his first term, while gifting €2m to the State in pay and pensions over the ...

In his first big interview since leaving office, the former president talks about the big move after 14 years in Áras an Uachtaráin – and hits out at ‘leaks’ from Department of Foreign Affairs ...

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins has been described as an "antisemitic leprechaun" after saying that it is an "outrage" that critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ...

*Editor's Note: The following piece was submitted to IrishCentral by Brendan Fay, the Co Louth-born, New York-based filmmaker and founder of the Lavender and Green Alliance and St Pats For All. After ...

Higgins is preparing to move back to Galway with his wife, Sabina, and their beloved dog, Misneach. Misneach has been making the most out of his final few weeks in Phoenix Park, alongside his other ...

When poet, professor and politician Michael D Higgins was inaugurated as Ireland’s ninth president on November 11th, 2011 he declared his would be a “presidency of transformation”. After 14 years in ...

Michael D Higgins was among those in attendance at a ceremony on Thursday honouring the late Tommy Keane, as a football pitch ...