So the script lay abandoned at his feet, witness to the oratorical skills of Michael D Higgins as he launched into his speech ...

President Michael D Higgins will deliver the keynote speech at an event to mark National Holocaust Memorial Day despite ...

The out-going Israeli ambassador has called on Michael D Higgin to reconsider his attendance of the event in Dublin.

President Michael D Higgins has said that he has strongly condemned anti-Semitism "again and again" throughout his career and ...

The president's popularity is unquestionable but his successor should not use the office to openly criticise policy ...

Irish Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder warned that Higgins' speech may "ring hollow for many Irish Jews" after he had "neglected even ...

The move came after Ireland formally recognised the state of Palestine and amid moves by the government to ban imports from ...

Senior representatives of the Jewish community in Ireland have objected to President Michael D Higgins giving the keynote speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration later this month.

The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland was not happy with his political remarks at Holocaust Memorial Day last year.

President Michael D Higgins has rejected calls from the Israeli ambassador to cancel plans to deliver the keynote speech at this year’s National Holocaust Memorial Day. In an interview with the Sunday ...

Next weekend will be the seventh time that President Higgins has accepted an invitation and spoken at this event.