Michael D Higgins hosts final tea party at the Áras as Misneach prepares for new home
Guests include scientists from University of Galway who earlier this year helped discover a new planet
Michael D Higgins
When is the Irish presidential election? A beginner’s guide to 2025 Áras vote
Who can be president? Who can vote in presidential elections? When will we know the result?
Cost of running President’s office set to rise to over €6m next year
Estimated running costs represents increase of around 95% since Michael D Higgins was first elected in 2011
Connolly ‘disappointed’ campaign not focused on ‘vision for presidency’ and says Fine Gael are ‘terrified’
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys face final week of campaign
Olivia O’Leary: I got a sharp lesson in how protective Irish people are of our presidents
We love all our presidents, even the ones we didn’t vote for - but none has been such a genius at branding as Michael D Higgins
Presidential election: Four things Humphreys and Connolly should do in final days
Is the outcome now certain, or could there be a determining moment in the final days of this Áras campaign?
The four most important issues in the next president’s in-tray
Identifying a theme, forging a relationship with the Government, unity and foreign trips will be pressing issues for the first 100 days
If Catherine Connolly wins, it means one of two things
If the Government parties and their leaders aren’t worried about the political implications, they’re sticking their heads in the sand
At home with Heather Humphreys: ‘I was surprised to be asked about something my husband was doing before I met him’
The Monaghan woman on getting Jarlath Burns’s support over questioning about her husband’s past Orange Order ties, criticism of her by Lucia O’Farrell, and her hopes of being a unifying president
Presidential election explained: the candidates, how to vote, the powers of the president, and when will we know the result?
Who can be president? Who can vote in presidential elections? When will we know the result?
If Catherine Connolly is an enemy of the EU, then Michael D Higgins is too
With a new generation of voters coming of age, neutrality could be a decisive factor
Live: Heather Humphreys attended in ‘good faith’ charity event at centre of Garda inquiry
Meanwhile Tánaiste Simon Harris wins confidence vote, as Opposition criticises ‘broken promises’
What does an Irish president actually do?
The president has a range of powers outlined in the Constitution, some of which have never even been used
A short history of the Irish presidency: Some worried de Valera was enabling dictatorship
The powers of a president are limited, so when it comes to selecting one, voters are less interested in policy or ideology
Distance no protection from Russian aggression, Latvian politician warns Ireland
Britain will protect its own skies first, chair of Latvian parliament’s foreign affairs committee says
‘Scholar, poet, punk’: How Michael D Higgins shaped the presidency
In the News podcast: Fourteen years ago he promised a ‘presidency of ideas’
All the presidents of Ireland so far, ranked from nine to one
Each office holder has brought a particular emphasis and Michael D Higgins has followed suit
Questions about Ireland’s neutrality on the ballot in this election
Voters will not just be choosing between two candidates; they will opt for one of two divergent positions on foreign policy and defence
The most important trait in a presidential candidate? Vibes
Michael D and the two Marys were masters at it. I don’t want to be mean about this crop of candidates. But, you know
The activist in the Áras: How Michael D Higgins shaped the presidency
What some criticise as an outspokenness overstepping the bounds of his office, others see as the outgoing President’s knack of speaking to ‘the beating heart’ of Irish public opinion
Manchán Magan obituary: Writer, broadcaster and explorer of deep-rooted connections between language and landscape
His writing, live shows, radio and podcast work radiated infectious curiosity, cultural nuance and a sense of the mystical undercurrents in life
Deaths in Carrickmines fire were like a ‘devastating earthquake’, anniversary Mass hears
10 people died at Traveller halting site a decade ago
Presidential election: A short history of controversies and kerfuffles
Some presidential controversies have been faintly comic, others more serious
Connolly keepie-uppies, Humphreys’s ‘quality videos’: The presidential social media battle
In online battle for support, Catherine Connolly is beating Heather Humphreys
Michael D Higgins welcomes South African president to Áras an Uachtaráin
President emphasises ‘shared commitment to freedom and justice’ during Cyril Ramaphosa visit
Jim Gavin withdraws from presidential election
Fianna Fáil candidate’s move leaves Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly in race for Áras
Heather Humphreys would bring this one vital quality to the role of president
The problem is, judging by her performance in this week’s television debate, she doesn’t believe in herself
President Michael D Higgins spoke truth to the powerless as well as the powerful
His prolific speeches and writings are a highlight of his two-term presidency
Fire in Carrickmines, 10 years on: ‘Some don’t want to talk, some are angry’
In the early hours of October 10th, 2015, a fire engulfed a mobile home on a Dublin halting site, killing 10 people. A decade on, relatives left behind still struggle with their loss
Dublin and Berlin find themselves at opposite ends of the political spectrum
It’s striking how many friends in Ireland say privately what they don’t dare say in public, on everything from Kneecap to Michael D Higgins to Hamas
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
Heather Humphreys and Jim Gavin will waive pension entitlements if they win presidential election
President Micheal D Higgins waived his Oireachtas and ministerial pensions during his two terms in office
‘He wasn’t generous towards her:’ Catherine Connolly and Michael D Higgins’s fraught history
A presumptive Labour successor to Higgins in Galway city, Connolly showed signs of her political abilities as a teenager
Conor Gearty: Law professor, barrister and globally acclaimed human rights scholar
Longford-born civil liberties advocate was appointed honorary queen’s counsel in recognition of services to law in England and Wales
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