Michael D Higgins, who turned 84 in April, has visited the Vatican twice this year Official engagement and trips of the President have fallen back, analysis of the Áras diary shows.

The fourteen-year term of the presidency of Michael D. Higgins will soon conclude. As someone who was initially sceptical about the poet/politician taking the job, I feel he has been an ...

President Michael D Higgins has called on the European Union to review the aid delivery process in the Gaza Strip after 93 people were reportedly killed by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) while ...

President Michael D Higgins has written to other European presidents to say that silence on Gaza would be a moral failure. He said that while Israel has a right to defend itself, they cannot let ...

President Michael D Higgins has written a letter to other European heads of state calling for action on the “horrific situation” in Gaza.

The election must be held before 11 November. Incumbent President of Ireland Michael D Higgins is not eligible to stand again as he will have completed two full seven-year terms.

The debut video from President Michael D. Higgins' forthcoming spoken word album Against All Certainty has been released.

President Michael D Higgins has urged his European counterparts to call for action on Gaza and said "failure to take an initiative will be rightly construed as a moral failure".

Polls show Higgins has been popular president, but some north of border might well say otherwise Views on the Irish first citizen vary depending on who you ask, particularly among unionists ...

President Michael D. Higgins is set to release his debut spoken-word album Against All Certainty, set for release on September 5 via Claddagh Records.

Mr Flatley’s ambitions were revealed in an unrelated court case (Picture: PA) Riverdance star Michael Flatley will seek nomination to become Ireland’s next president.