Speeches By President Of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

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. The President has often paid tribute to the competition, for its ability to provide a platform for young people to showcase their talents, saying it is “at the pinnacle of scientific achievement and discovery amongst young people worldwide”. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-officially-opens-the-bt-young-scientist-technology-exhibition-2022

Christmas and New Year’s Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2021 by Áras an Uachtaráin

Teachtaireacht Na Nollag Agus Na HAthbhliana Ó Uachtarán Na HÉireann Micheál D. Ó HUigínn 2021 by Áras an Uachtaráin

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-distinguished-service-awards-ceremony-2021

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

See: https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-hosts-fourth-seminar-in-machnamh-100-series

The fourth seminar, was convened under the heading ‘Settlements, Schisms and Civil Strife’ involved a consideration of the road to the Treaty and its long-term implications. It also examined Ireland in the summer of 1921 and what the Truce meant, what prospects it opened, as well as the international aspect of the halt in hostilities.

President Michael D. Higgins hosted a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin to mark the centenary of the calling of the first women to the Bar in Ireland. On 1 November 1921, Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell were called to the Bar, the first women to achieve this either in Ireland or Britain. In the year of her call to the Bar, Frances Kyle achieved first place in her Bar examinations, while Averil Deverell was the first woman to practise as a barrister on either island.

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-a-state-dinner-in-honour-of-mr-frank-walter-steinmeier-president-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany-and-ms-elke-buedenbender

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-records-message-for-the-closing-the-revolving-door-conference

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-marks-national-breastfeeding-week

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-addresses-un-food-summit-meeting

President Higgins has published a special message to mark the International Week of Deaf People. In his message, the President paid tribute to “our deaf community for all they have done to improve the landscape here in Ireland for citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing.” The text and video version (with subtitles) of the President's message are available via https://president.ie/en/diary/details/message-for-international-week-of-deaf-people-2021

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-attends-high-level-side-event-on-small-island-developing-states