Episodes

  • Speech by President Higgins at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2025

    Speech by President Higgins at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2025
    Jan 8 2025
    President Higgins opened the 2025 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. President Higgins is a great supporter of the BT Young Scientist & Technologist exhibition, praising it for encouraging young people to push the boundaries outwards and applying their creative energy and curiosity to a constant exploration of how the world around them can be improved.
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    25 mins
  • Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn

    Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn
    Dec 20 2024
    Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn by Áras an Uachtaráin
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    15 mins
  • Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins

    Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins
    Dec 20 2024
    Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2024
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    13 mins
  • Speech by President Higgins at an Afternoon Tea Reception

    Speech by President Higgins at an Afternoon Tea Reception
    Dec 13 2024
    On Thursday, 12th December 2024, the President and Sabina Higgins hosted an afternoon tea reception at Áras an Uachtaráin for members of communities from around the country. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-host-an-afternoon-tea-reception-12-december-2024
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    15 mins
  • President and Sabina host the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony 2024

    President and Sabina host the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony 2024
    Dec 13 2024
    On Saturday 7 December, President Michael D. Higgins switched on the Christmas tree lights at Áras an Uachtaráin. Each year, the President and Sabina Higgins welcome families to Áras an Uachtaráin, to be present for the official switching on of the Christmas lights. Since his inauguration, President Higgins has made a determined effort to open Áras an Uachtaráin to members of the public, and he has invited countless people and organisations that work on initiatives to promote social change, inclusion and practical solidarity to visit the house and surrounding gardens.
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    11 mins
  • Speech by President Higgins at a Reception to Honour the Achievement of Irish Paralympians

    Speech by President Higgins at a Reception to Honour the Achievement of Irish Paralympians
    Nov 14 2024
    Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina welcomed the Irish Paralympic Team to Áras an Uachtaráin. The President invited the team that represented Ireland with such distinction at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to the Áras in order to officially acknowledge the achievements of the Team in Paris over the summer of 2024. Those in attendance included, among others, Orla Comerford, who won a bronze medal in the Women’s 100m sprint, Katie-George Dunlevy who won gold in the Women’s individual time trial and silver medals in the Women’s road race and Women’s individual pursuit and her Pilot Linda Kelly, and Róisín Ní Riain, who won bronze in the 100m breaststroke. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-host-a-reception-for-team-ireland-paris-2024-paralympics
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    11 mins
  • President Higgins delivers the 2024 Kofi Annan Lecture

    President Higgins delivers the 2024 Kofi Annan Lecture
    Nov 7 2024
    Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins delivered the 2024 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture in a live online event from the State Reception Room in Áras an Uachtaráin. President Higgins was invited to deliver this year’s lecture by the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina. The lecture series was launched in 2006 and in 2018 was renamed in honour of the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. The lecture has been previously delivered by seven Nobel laureates, including winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, as well as by a number of Heads of State, Heads of Government, academics and heads of global institutions.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Speech by President Higgins marking the 40th Anniversary of the Office of the Ombudsman

    Speech by President Higgins marking the 40th Anniversary of the Office of the Ombudsman
    Oct 23 2024
    President Higgins hosted a reception marking the 40th Anniversary of the Office of the Ombudsman at Áras an Uachtaráin. The Office of the Ombudsman investigates complaints from members of the public who believe they have been unfairly treated by certain public service providers. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-a-reception-marking-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-office-of-the-ombudsman
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    21 mins