Tag: Michael D. Higgins

• Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 07:19 UTC

  President Higgins visit to UK consolidates reconciliation after decades of mistrust

  

  Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the Irish president to Britain on Tuesday for the first time since the republic became independent with a banquet also controversially attended by former IRA commander Martin Guinness.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:18 UTC

  Brazilian president calls for European ‘greater understanding’ of the Argentine situation

  

  President Dilma Rousseff, meeting with her Irish peer Michael D. Higgins said the global crisis has had a greater impact on Argentina than on Brazil, which has a stronger industrial base, and called for a better understanding of President Cristina Fernandez administration.