President Michael D Higgins writes letter of congratulations to Donald Trump after his US election victory
President previously criticised Donald Trump’s record on climate change as ‘regressive’
Michael D Higgins
Ireland can play pivotal role in ensuring global food security while meeting challenge of an overheating planet
If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities
Appointment of first full ambassador from Palestine approved by Government
Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid to become full envoy after carrying out role of ‘ambassador — head of mission’
Former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power ‘showed bravery to the bitter end’, son tells funeral Mass
Former RTÉ northern editor and political correspondent died last weekend after short illness
General election: When and how will it be called?
Taoiseach Simon Harris is expected to set the wheels in motion for the next general election on Friday, with votes to be cast three weeks later, on Friday, November 29th
Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158 with ‘dozens and dozens’ missing, says minister
One year’s worth of rain fell in eights hours in parts of country’s Valencia region while rescue teams continue searches
‘I’ve never seen anything like it before’: Irish in Spain left in ‘shock’ after fatal flooding
Dublin woman forced to abandon home with no preparation as rooms began to fill with water in ‘frightening’ experience
Posthumous presidential pardons ‘lift the shadow’ from Kerry men hanged 142 years ago
President signs pardons for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett who were wrongfully convicted and hanged for murder in 1882
‘Stop this horror of history,’ says President Higgins as Israel moves to ban aid agency
Taoiseach Simon Harris says Europe needs to find the ‘moral courage’ to act on the issue
What Gerry Adams really said to David Trimble in the loo during peace talks
Drama bigs up Adams-Trimble encounter; Saoirse Ronan gets a knock-back; buskers object to Grafton Street development; and Sabina Higgins takes on a woolly role
‘Very unusual’ for President to suggest concerns around Planning Bill without referring it to Supreme Court
Statement from President suggests a dedicated case taken to the Supreme Court would be more appropriate than a referral under his own constitutional powers
Families of Stardust fire victims ‘let down by the State’, says Michael D Higgins
President hosted majority of relatives and friends of 48 people who died in fire, thanking them for ‘tenacity’ in their fight for truth
‘I met Nigel Farage in the bar’: the vicar’s daughter who ‘liked to party’ and is now first minister of Wales
Eluned Morgan travels to Cork on Thursday for a bilateral with the Irish Government, but first she must learn a cúpla focail for her trip to the Áras
Presidential award for footballer Seamus Coleman, designer Orla Kiely and playwright Rosalind Scanlon
Tánaiste says Irish people overseas ‘continue to make vital contributions to their communities and on the international stage’
‘We have not received threats’: Unifil spokesman responds to claim made by Higgins on Irish troops in Lebanon
Michael D Higgins, in his capacity as supreme commander of the Defence Forces, said threats had been made by Israel to the Unifil peacekeeping force
Mary O’Rourke, in the thick of it again – only this time, for the last time
Forty years in politics. A trailblazer. When she arrived in Leinster House in 1981, she wasn’t ‘just there to make up the numbers’, says Micheál Martin
Irish troops ‘determined to fulfil mission’ in Lebanon as Israel invasion continues
Unifil ‘deeply concerned’ about activities of Israeli army close to Irish base in south Lebanon
‘Outrageous’ of Israel to threaten peacekeepers in Lebanon, President Michael D Higgins says
Israel rejects criticism, saying claim that IDF had threatened Unifil forces was ‘unfounded and inflammatory’
Atlas of the Irish Civil War. New Perspectives: History presented with imagination and innovation
Issues raised in third volume of historical series are at core of concerns still with us today
Rules-based international order is a poor substitute for the vision of the UN’s founders
Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul
The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diary
Micheal D Higgins, Simon Harris and Micheál Martin make headlines with comments on homelessness and immigration, Israel and Iran, a trip to Washington and time spent with Meryl Streep
Analysis: Tense, eventful week at the United Nations gives everyone plenty to talk about
State’s leaders all trod carefully in New York with mixed success as homelessness, migrants, Israel, Palestine and Iran all impinged as part of political reality
Israeli onslaught in Lebanon dominates New York agenda
Irish leaders attend UN assembly while national children’s hospital faces further delays
‘I did not use the word leak’: Higgins says he does not regret comments about Israeli embassy circulating letter
Taoiseach says he is not going to fall into ‘trap from Israel’ of making letter into an issue
‘Leaked’ Michael D Higgins letter to Iran: What has happened and is it really a big deal?
President says he believes the letter was ‘circulated from the Israeli embassy’, a claim denied by Israel
President Michael D Higgins accuses Israeli embassy of leaking letter
Israeli embassy rejects allegation, calling it ‘baseless’, ‘highly inflammatory’ and ‘potentially slanderous’
Ploughing Championships: Three-day-old lamb, a dance champion and Pony Club games set the scene
Media event is held ahead of the National Ploughing Championships in Rathinska, Co Laois, from September 17th to 19th
Michael D: The Movie – Higgins in the frame for the Mary Robinson big-screen treatment
Plus: Intercom man’s vote of confidence in Trump; Shane ‘Mullet’ Byrne’s victory in dispute with tenants; and Adam Clayton’s application for gardener gaff
Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a question worth asking
The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald
Aidan O’Leary obituary: Humanitarian who led WHO’s polio eradication efforts
Former Irish Army member was renowned for his collaborative leadership style and his ability to find solutions to complex problems
Irishman’s humanitarian efforts saved ‘hundreds of thousands of lives’, funeral Mass hears
Aidan O’Leary, a former Army captain, worked with UN and was director of polio eradication programme with WHO
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