Gallery: Michael D Higgins - Through The Years

Updated: 17:06, Saturday, 29 October 2011

A selection of images of Micheal D Higgins from his days as a TD and Senator through to the Presidential campaign

  • Micheal D Higgins speaks with supporters as he canvasses at in Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in Co Carlow on October 25 2011
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    Micheal D Higgins speaks with supporters as he canvasses at in Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in Co Carlow on October 25 2011

  • Micheal D Higgins meets students in Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in Co Carlow on 25 October 2011
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    Micheal D Higgins meets students in Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in Co Carlow on 25 October 2011

  • A supporter hands out Micheal D Higgins leaflets in Kilkenny on 25 October 2011
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    A supporter hands out Micheal D Higgins leaflets in Kilkenny on 25 October 2011

  • Micheal D Higgins on the canvass with his wife Sabina Coyne
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    Micheal D Higgins on the canvass with his wife Sabina Coyne

  • Michael D Higgins speaking during The Late Late Show Presidential Debate on 30 September 2011
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    Michael D Higgins speaking during The Late Late Show Presidential Debate on 30 September 2011

  • Newly-appointed Galway United manager Sean Connor alonside Galway United CEO Nick Leeson and President Deputy Michael D Higgins on 11 January 2010
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    Newly-appointed Galway United manager Sean Connor alonside Galway United CEO Nick Leeson and President Deputy Michael D Higgins on 11 January 2010

  • Michael D Higgins and then Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte watch the Connacht SFC clash between Galway and Mayo at Pearse Stadium in Salthill on 20 May 2007
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    Michael D Higgins and then Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte watch the Connacht SFC clash between Galway and Mayo at Pearse Stadium in Salthill on 20 May 2007

  • RTÉ Authority Chairman Farrel Corcoran makes a presentation to Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht Michael D Higgins at the opening of Teilifís na Gaeilge (now TG4) in the Connemara Coast Hotel in October 1996
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    RTÉ Authority Chairman Farrel Corcoran makes a presentation to Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht Michael D Higgins at the opening of Teilifís na Gaeilge (now TG4) in the Connemara Coast Hotel in October 1996

  • Minister Michael D Higgins is applauded as he turns the sod for Teilifís na Gaeilge in Baile na hAbhann, Connemara, Co Galway in January 1996
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    Minister Michael D Higgins is applauded as he turns the sod for Teilifís na Gaeilge in Baile na hAbhann, Connemara, Co Galway in January 1996

  • Minister Michael D Higgins and Director-General of RTÉ Joe Barry on the Eurovision set at the Point Theatre on 30 April 1994
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    Minister Michael D Higgins and Director-General of RTÉ Joe Barry on the Eurovision set at the Point Theatre on 30 April 1994

  • RTÉ Director-General Joe Barry and Michael D Higgins at the launch of RTÉ Radio's 24-hour service in April 1994
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    RTÉ Director-General Joe Barry and Michael D Higgins at the launch of RTÉ Radio's 24-hour service in April 1994

  • RTÉ Radio producer Harry Bradshaw and Minister Michael D Higgins at the launch of the RTÉ archive re-mastering project in the Irish Traditional Music Archive in January 1994
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    RTÉ Radio producer Harry Bradshaw and Minister Michael D Higgins at the launch of the RTÉ archive re-mastering project in the Irish Traditional Music Archive in January 1994

  • Traditional singer and storyteller Pat Keane and poet Michael D Higgins on RTÉ Television's traditional Irish music series 'The Pure Drop' in February 1993
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    Traditional singer and storyteller Pat Keane and poet Michael D Higgins on RTÉ Television's traditional Irish music series 'The Pure Drop' in February 1993

  • Labour Party Senator Michael D Higgins poses for a photograph at Leinster House in April 1983
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    Labour Party Senator Michael D Higgins poses for a photograph at Leinster House in April 1983

  • Michael D Higgins attends the Labour Party annual conference in Connolly Hall, Cork city, in October 1980
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    Michael D Higgins attends the Labour Party annual conference in Connolly Hall, Cork city, in October 1980

  • Michael D Higgins addresses the Labour Party's annual conference at the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill, Co Galway, in February 1971
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    Michael D Higgins addresses the Labour Party's annual conference at the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill, Co Galway, in February 1971