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

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

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

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

Holocaust Awareness Ireland founder Oliver Sears has accused President Higgins of lurching from "one crass statement to ...

Chief rabbi Yoni Wieder objected to President’s presence because of failure to acknowledge or address anti-Semitism ...

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 ...

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

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

The president was speaking at the BT Young Scientists exhibition, where he said science practised in the wrong hands 'can ...

Some members of the Jewish community in Ireland criticised the decision due to the President’s previous comments about Gaza.