The poll also shows the public favour former EU Commissioner and Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness to be president in a much anticipated election later this year, when Michael D Higgins finishes ...

A sort of political column by Dara Bradley Galway’s would-be senior cabinet minister, Hildegarde Naughton, has put on a brave ...

The Coalition is coming under increasing criticism over its 'cold house for women' status after it cut the number of female ...

Women have been forgotten about in the formation of a new Government which had as its first action to 'create more jobs for ...

“Leave it! I don’t need it.” So the script lay abandoned at his feet, witness to the oratorical skills of Michael D Higgins as he launched into his speech. Michael D is enough of a performer ...

President Michael D Higgins will deliver the keynote speech at an event to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day despite objections from the Israeli ambassador to Ireland. Dana Erlich has called ...

President Michael D Higgins was right to make reference to the war in Gaza during a speech marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. Several members of the Jewish community ...

Dana Erlich says President will be a distraction as she also criticises Simon Harris President Michael D Higgins and outgoing Israeli ambassador Dana Erlich President Michael D Higgins has ...

I once saw Michael D Higgins give a talk about the evolution of the global political economy from Bretton Woods, the agreement hatched by the allies after the Second World War. He went through ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris has defended Michael D Higgins' speech at a Holocaust Memorial service after protesters angry at his mention of Gaza were removed from Mansion House. Some members of the ...