Michael D Higgins has been inaugurated for a second term as President of Ireland at a ceremony in Dublin Castle on Sunday. Former presidents Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese were in attendance.

It is “deep slander” to accuse the Irish people of being antisemitic because of criticisms of the Israeli government, Ireland’s president has said. Michael D Higgins made the comments after ...

No invited Irish government minister attending the small Irish Jewish communities remembrance ceremony in October 2024 for the 1,200 slaughtered in Israel on October 7, 2023, or the earlier ...

The President of Ireland has led tributes to former government minister Gemma Hussey, who has died at the age of 86. The first female to hold the position of minister for education, the former ...