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President Michael D Higgins personally thanking some of the Berkeley police

President ‘honoured’ to pay tribute in Berkeley

President Michael D Higgins said he was "truly honoured" to pay tribute and give thanks to the Berkeley community as President and representative of the people of Ireland.

News • 28 Oct 15

Michael D Higgins said the funding would lead to a deepening of relations between UC Berkeley and Ireland

UC Berkeley to set up Irish Studies programme

The University of California at Berkeley is to establish a new Irish Studies programme, part-funded by the Government.

News • 27 Oct 15

President Higgins was speaking at the Summit of Conscience organised by French President Francois Hollande

Higgins calls for moral courage on climate change

President Michael D Higgins has told a climate change summit in Paris that we are at a moment of truth in relation to climate and that we will require moral courage to effectively respond to the now urgent effects of climate change.

News • 21 Jul 15

President Higgins will tonight attend a business dinner hosted by the Irish Embassy

President Higgins begins three-day visit to Italy

President Michael D Higgins begins a three-day official visit to Italy today, during which he will open the Irish National Day at Expo Milan 2015.

News • 15 Jun 15

President Higgins laid a wreath during today's ceremony

ANZAC ceremony remembers fallen at Gallipoli

President Michael D Higgins has taken part in the centenary ANZAC commemoration at Gallipoli.

News • 26 Apr 15

The President was heckled when he arrived and left Coláiste Eoin last Friday

Protesters' abuse of President Higgins condemned

Politicians have strongly condemned the verbal abuse President Michael D Higgins was subjected to last week by water charge protesters.

News • 28 Jan 15

President Michael D Higgins said he did not think it was helpful to be using Ireland as some kind of exemplar for others

Irish made 'huge sacrifice' for economic recovery

President Michael D Higgins has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg that Irish citizens have made a huge sacrifice for the recovering economy.

News • 27 Jan 15

President Higgins and his wife Sabina meet guests at the Irish embassy

President addresses students in Shanghai

President Michael D Higgins has said that he hopes that China's future engagement with change will include the mass of the people, in terms of social protection, political participation and cultural expression so as to facilitate a real democratic achievement.

News • 12 Dec 14

President Higgins and Li Kegiang met in the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square

Chinese company confirms Irish exchange programme

President Michael D Higgins has met two senior Chinese politicians and toured one of China's largest multinational companies on the third day of his State visit.

News • 10 Dec 14

President Michael D Higgins visited the Great Wall at the start of his trip

President Higgins on State visit to China

President Michael D Higgins has visited the historic Great Wall site near Beijing during his official State visit to China.

News • 08 Dec 14

On arrival in Beijing tomorrow the president and Sabina will visit the 'Forbidden City'

President Higgins embarks on State trip to China

President Michael D Higgins begins a seven-day State visit to China today.

News • 06 Dec 14

Chinese President Xi Jinping invited President Michael D Higgins to visit China this month

President Higgins to make State visit to China

President Michael D Higgins is to make a State visit to China later this month following an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping.

News • 01 Dec 14

President Higgins said the Direct Provision system does not answer the rights of asylum seekers

President Higgins criticises Direct Provision

President Michael D Higgins has criticised the Irish system in dealing with asylum seekers known as Direct Provision, describing it as "totally unsatisfactory in almost every aspect".

News • 20 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins met Jacob Zuma for 45 minutes in Pretoria

Higgins has 'frank' meeting with Zuma in Pretoria

President Michael D Higgins has described his meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria as "a frank and comprehensive discussion".

News • 18 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins is on the final leg of his three-week African visit

President Higgins arrives in South Africa

President Michael D Higgins has arrived in Johannesburg in South Africa on the final leg of his three-country official visit to Africa.

News • 14 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins is on the second leg of his African visit

President arrives in Malawi on African visit

President Michael D Higgins has arrived in Malawi as he continues with his visit to Africa.

News • 10 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins met Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in Addis Ababa

President Higgins addresses unrest in South Sudan

President Higgins has said that a resolution to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan is crucial, if a major humanitarian crisis is to be halted.

News • 06 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins is the first Irish head of State to address the commission

President Higgins praises workers tackling Ebola

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to aid agencies and NGO workers actively engaged in tackling the Ebola outbreak.

News • 05 Nov 14

Three bilateral treaties were signed between Ireland and Ethiopia

Agreements between Ireland and Ethiopia signed

President Michael D Higgins has witnessed the signing of three significant bilateral treaties between Ireland and Ethiopia.

News • 03 Nov 14

President Michael D Higgins will visit Ethiopia, Malawi and South Africa

President Higgins begins three-week African visit

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina will begin an official three-week visit to Africa today.

News • 01 Nov 14

King Philippe of Belgium lays a wreath at the ceremony in Liege

President Higgins attends WWI remembrance event

President Michael D Higgins has attended a ceremony in Liege, Belgium to mark the outbreak of World War I.

News • 05 Aug 14

Michael D Higgins was speaking at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest

President Higgins praises GAA immigrant link

President Michael D Higgins has praised the importance of the GAA to Irish immigrants, saying it offered a form of shelter to those in difficulty.

News • 11 May 14

The visit is intended to highlight the cultural, economic and political links between Ireland and the US

Higgins begins visit to United States

President Michael D Higgins travels to the midwestern United States later today for a week long trip.

News • 08 May 14

President Michael D Higgins at the Royal Albert Hall

RTÉ spent about €120k on State visit coverage

RTÉ spent around €120,000 on its coverage of the recent visit of President Michael D Higgins to the UK, the broadcaster's Managing Director of News and Current Affairs has said.

News • 02 May 14

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuinness met in Belfast in 2012

Windsor banquet is 'historic event' - McGuinness

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he is conscious that his decision to attend a State banquet hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II involves political and symbolic difficulties.

News • 06 Apr 14