Former President Michael D. Higgins was amongst the winners celebrated at the 20th anniversary of the annual An Post Irish Book awards, held tonight in Dublin.

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have been out early casting their votes in the Presidential election today, for the person who will effectively take their place at Áras an Úachtaráin.

Michael D Higgins and Myles O'Reilly will open this year's Other Voices in Daingean Uí Chúis tonight, it has been announced.

This year’s Christmas Card - which will be sent to international Heads of State, members of the diplomatic corps and members of the public both in Ireland and abroad - features a message of ‘Peace & ...

It was the moment which summed up Michael D Higgins' time as Irish president. The moment when he defied public, church and government pressure and stood by what he believed was right. The moment for ...

I suspect I'm the only person in Ireland taking new President Michael D Higgins seriously. Truly. That's the only way I can explain why his comments yesterday have received so little attention.

Michael D Higgins, the Irish president, was accused of echoing ‘Hamas’s anti-Semitic lies’ at a Holocaust memorial ceremony in Dublin - Brian Lawless/PA Ireland’s president has been branded ...

Michael D Higgins was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at the An Post Irish Book Awards. The former President, who published a significant body of literary works, including poetry ...

*Editor's Note: The following piece was submitted to IrishCentral by Brendan Fay, the Co Louth-born, New York-based filmmaker and founder of the Lavender and Green Alliance and St Pats For All. After ...

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins has revealed more than a month after he was released from the hospital that he suffered a “mild stroke” in February. President Higgins, who turned 83 on April ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins has spent the night in hospital to have a localised infection examined. President Higgins travelled to St James's Hospital in Dublin by arrangement on Sunday and has ...

Former president Michael D Higgins has said his dog Misneach is "settling in very well into his new Galway home" as he shared a snap of his post-presidential life. Mr Higgins served two terms as ...