Bloomsday, 16 June, celebrates the work of James Joyce, focusing on the events in his novel “Ulysses”, which all take place on 16 June 1904.

Déanann #Bloomsday, 16 Meitheamh, ceiliúradh ar shaothar James Joyce, ag díriú go sonrach ar na himeachtaí ina úrscéal ‘Ulysses’, a tharla ar an 16 Meitheamh 1904.

To mark the Day, President Higgins and Sabina invited a number of artists to perform pieces related to the work of James Joyce.

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-celebrate-bloomsday-2021

Thug an tUachtarán cuireadh d’ealaíontóirí cur i láthair a dhéanamh ag Áras an Uachtaráin mar chuid dá iarrachtaí tacú le healaíontóirí Éireannacha le linn ghéarchéim Covid-19.

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Bloomsday 2021 - Noel O'Grady performs 'Oft In A Stilly Night'

Broadcast of the fifth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled “Constitutional, Institutional and Ideological Foundations: Complexity and Contestation” 

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Machnamh 100 Seminar V - Question and Answer Session

1938 Inauguration Speech by President Douglas Hyde Irish 25-06-1938

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1938 Inauguration Speech by President Douglas Hyde Irish 25-06-1938

1938 Christmas Broadcast the United States by President Douglas Hyde Dec 1938

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1938 Christmas Broadcast the United States by President Douglas Hyde Dec 1938

1945 1st Inaguration Speech by Sean T O'Ceallaigh 25-06-1945

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1945 1st Inaguration Speech by Sean T O'Ceallaigh 25-06-1945

On Saturday, 22th June 2024, the President and Sabina Higgins hosted a Family Day garden party at Áras an Uachtaráin.

At the third Garden Party of 2024, President Higgins acknowledged various organisations across different sectors of society all of whom work tirelessly to improve the conditions for families in all their forms.

Speech by President Michael D. Higgins at a Family Day Garden Party

The President and Sabina Higgins received representatives of the Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Strikers at Áras an Uachtaráin.
 
19th July is the 40th anniversary of the commencement of the Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid strike, which commenced on 19 July 1984 when Mary Manning refused to handle the sale of grapefruit from South Africa.
 
To mark the anniversary, the President and Sabina met with strikers Liz Deasy, Karen Gearon, Sandra Griffin, Mary Manning, Theresa Mooney, Vonnie Munroe McCue, Cathryn O Reilly, Alma Russell and Michelle Sherlock at the Áras.

Speech by President Higgins to representatives of Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Strikers

Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina welcomed the Irish Paralympic Team to Áras an Uachtaráin.

The President invited the team that represented Ireland with such distinction at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to the Áras in order to officially acknowledge the achievements of the Team in Paris over the summer of 2024.

Those in attendance included, among others, Orla Comerford, who won a bronze medal in the Women’s 100m sprint, Katie-George Dunlevy who won gold in the Women’s individual time trial and silver medals in the Women’s road race and Women’s individual pursuit and her Pilot Linda Kelly, and Róisín Ní Riain, who won bronze in the 100m breaststroke.

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Speech by President Higgins at a Reception to Honour the Achievement of Irish Paralympians

Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins 2024

Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins

Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn

President Higgins opened the 2025 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

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.

Speech by President Higgins at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2025

Teachtaireacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2025 ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn

St Patrick's Day 2025 - Message from President Michael D. Higgins

Speech by President Higgins at a Reception for the Ireland Football Team from Italia ’90

Each year, the President and Sabina Higgins mark St. Patrick's Day by hosting a reception for groups and people that have made a particular contribution to Irish society.

This year the President and Sabina Higgins hosted a reception celebrating the President’s 'Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún – Imagination and The Nation' initiative.

'Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún – Imagination and The Nation' is an initiative to highlight the powerful and transformative role of art and creativity in the evolution of Ireland as a republic and an idea.

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-host-a-st-patricks-day-reception-celebrating-samhlaiocht-agus-an-naisiun-imagination-and-the-nation

Speech by President Higgins at a St Patrick’s Day Reception

The President and Sabina Higgins received a number of Trade Union Representatives to Áras an Uachtaráin to mark May Day.

Speech by President Higgins to celebrate May Day 2025

The President and Sabina Higgins hosted a reception to mark the 75th anniversary of the Civil Defence in Ireland.

Speech by President Higgins at a Reception Marking 75 Years of the Civil Defence

Each year, the President and Sabina Higgins host a series of Garden Parties to celebrate the work of people and organisations who have been active in projects and areas that are central to the Presidency of Michael D. Higgins.

The Garden Parties continue a tradition established by past Presidents, and over the course of 7 events, the President and Sabina will welcome people from all over the island of Ireland to Áras an Uachtaráin, its house and gardens. 

The first garden party of 2025 took place on 13 June, and celebrated community groups from around Ireland, including members from the National Youth Council of Ireland, Gaisce, the National Association for Youth Drama, the Immigrant Council, and the Irish Wheelchair Association.

Speech by President Higgins at a Community Day Garden Party

President Higgins and his wife Sabina hosted a Bloomsday Garden Party at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Bloomsday, 16 June 1904, is the date immortalised in James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses and named after the book’s protagonist Leopold Bloom. 

Each year, the President and Sabina host a special Bloomsday themed Garden Party to celebrate the work of James Joyce.

https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-a-bloomsday-garden-party-15-june-2025

Speech by President Michael D. Higgins at a Garden Party Celebrating Bloomsday

Message from President Michael D.Higgins for National Community Radio Day 2025

The President and Sabina hosted a community day garden party celebrating the roles of individuals across the community and voluntary sector settings, working to make our society a better place.

The President and Sabina Higgins hosted a luncheon at Áras an Uachtaráin to celebrate Vona Groarke as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry.

Speech by President Higgins to celebrate Vona Groarke as the new Ireland Professor of Poetry

Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins, received the President of South Africa, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, at Áras an Uachtaráin for an Official Visit.

Following a ceremonial welcome, a private meeting took place between the two Heads of State, followed by a bilateral meeting between their delegations.

The meetings were followed by a lunch, where the Presidents and their delegations will be joined by a number of invited guests. The lunch was addressed by both Presidents.

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Speech by President Higgins in honour of H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa

Ar an 11 Samhain 2025, Insealbhaíodh an tUachtarán Catherine Connolly mar Uachtarán na hÉireann.

Tá an tUachtarán Catherine Connolly ina 10ú Uachtarán ar Éirinn. Toghadh í le 914,143 vóta.

Foráiltear i mBunreacht na hÉireann go ndéantar Uachtarán na hÉireann a insealbhú an lá tar éis dhul in éag téarma oifige an Uachtaráin roimhe sin.

On 11 November 2025, President Catherine Connolly was inaugurated as President of Ireland.

President Catherine Connolly is the 10th President of Ireland. She was elected with 914,143 votes.

The Constitution of Ireland stipulates that the President of Ireland is inaugurated on the day following the expiry of the term of office of the preceding President.

Insealbhú an Uachtaráin Catherine Connolly - Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly

Speech by President Connolly at a lunch to celebrate her Inauguration

Reáchtálfaidh an tUachtarán Connolly lón in Áras an Uachtaráin chun a hInsealbhú mar 10ú Uachtarán agus Éire a cheiliúradh.

President Connolly hosted a lunch at Áras an Uachtaráin to celebrate her Inauguration as 10th President of Ireland.

Óráid an Uachtaráin Connolly ag lón chun a hInsealbhú a cheiliúradh

Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Connolly / Christmas Message from President Connolly - 2025

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Óráid an Uachtaráin ag Cóisir sa Gháirdín ag comóradh 80 Bliain ó inseilbhíodh Dubhghlás de hÍde

“Take Care”


In the journey to the light,
the dark moments
should not threaten.
Belief
requires
that you hold steady.
Bend, if you will,
with the wind.
The tree is your teacher,
roots at once
more firm
from experience
in the soil
made fragile.
Your gentle dew will come
and a stirring
of power
to go on
towards the space
of sharing.
In the misery of the I,
in rage,
it is easy to cry out
against all others
but to weaken
is to die
in the misery of knowing
the journey abandoned
towards the sharing
of all human hope
and cries
is the loss
of all we know
of the divine
reclaimed
for our shared
humanity.
Hold firm.
Take care.
Come home
together.


MDH
‘Season of Fire’, 1993

'Take Care' by Michael D. Higgins - published 1993 in "Season of Fire.”

Message From President Higgins for the Wexford Opera Festival 2020

As a gesture to all those who have died, or who have lost a loved-one during the past year, President Higgins and Sabina invited Dan McCabe to perform ‘The Parting Glass’ at Áras an Uachtaráin, to remember the year that was, and to bring 2020 to a close with a thought for them all.

The performance is part of the President’s ‘Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún / Imagination and the Nation’ initiative, which highlights the powerful and transformative role of art and creativity in society.

New Year's Eve 2020 - President Higgins Invites Dan McCabe To Perform 'The Parting Glass'

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