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Speech at the Closing Ceremony of the World Canals Conference
Athlone, County Westmeath, 12 September 2018
Speech at the John F. Kennedy Arboretum and Memorial Park 50th Anniversary Dinner
New Ross, County Wexford, Saturday, 8th September, 2018
Speech at a reception for the Irish women’s hockey team
Áras an Uachtaráin, Friday 7 September 2018
Speech at a meeting of the International Congress of Parliamentary Women’s Caucuses
Dublin Castle, Sunday 9 September 2018
Speech at Concern Worldwide’s 50th Anniversary Conference
- Resurgence of Humanity: Breaking the Cycle of Conflict, Hunger and Human Suffering
Speech at the opening of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2018
Drogheda, Louth, Sunday 12 August 218
Speech by President Michael D. Higgins at the opening of the Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival
Opening of the Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival 2018
Speech at the Galway International Arts Festival on “The Idea of Home”
NUI Galway, 21 July 2018
Speech at a reception for Team Ireland – Gay Games 2018
Áras an Uachtaráin Tuesday 17th July 2018
Speech at the opening of the exhibition ‘Nelson Mandela – From Prisoner to President’
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Thursday 12 July 2018
Speech at “Travellers’ Journey” Exhibition
National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, County Mayo, 10 July 2018
Speech by President Michael D. Higgins Travellers’ Journey Exhibition National Museum of Ireland,
Turlough Park, County Mayo Tuesday 10th July 2018
‘Of John O’Donohue’s Life and Work’
– The Making of a Reflection
“Listen, Now, Again”
Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, College Green
Speech at a Garden Party to celebrate Sustainable Communities
Áras an Uachtaráin, 29 June 2018
Speech at a Garden Party Celebrating the Suffragettes
Áras an Uachtaráin, Wednesday 27 June 2018
Speech at the Stoneybatter Pride of Place Festival
Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, 24th June 2018
Address on 60 Years of Peacekeeping
Dublin Castle, Sunday 24 June 2018
Óráid ag Cóisir sa Ghairdín ag comóradh 80 Bliain ó insealbhíodh Dubhghlas de hÍde
Áras an Uachtaráin, 25 Meitheamh 2018
Speech at a Garden Party to celebrate Youth Empowerment
Áras an Uachtaráin, 22 June 2018
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