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Michael D. Higgins
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‘The Human Rights Discourse – Some issues of source and prospects for achievement’
Remarks at the Annual Human Rights Lecture to the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of Ireland
Remarks at the 30th Anniversary of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
25th September 2013
Remarks at the visit to Aras Éanna and opening of Manfred Url Exhibition
19th September 2013
Speech at the Launch of the Commemorative 1913 Lockout Tapestry
Liberty Hall, Dublin, 18th September 2013
‘Toward an ethical economy’
Ethics for All - Public Lecture Series
Remarks by President at Console’s World Suicide Prevention Day Conference
9th September 2013
Remarks by President Michael D. Higgins at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann
Derry, 11th August 2013
Remarks at the “Culture Craft – Culture in the Making” Exhibition
Derry, 11th August 2013
Remarks at the Irish Jewish Gathering
Farmleigh, 25th July 2013
“Of Migrants and Migration”
-- Address on the Occasion of the President’s visit to the Isle of Iona
Remarks at the University of Middlesex, School of Law Graduation Ceremony
London, 17th July 2013
Remarks at a Reception at the Haringey Irish Community and Cultural Centre
London, 17th July 2013
Remarks at The 25th Galway Film Fleadh
Galway, 14th July 2013
Remarks at a Garden Party
Áras an Uachtaráin, 13th July 2013
Remarks at Community Garden Party
Áras an Uachtaráin, 12th July 2013
Remarks at a Garden Party to Commemorate the 1913 Lock Out
Áras an Uachtaráin, 10th July 2013
“Dean Jonathan Swift – of Savage Indignation, Contradictions and Vulnerabilities –
and a lesson for our times" Remarks at The Inaugural Swift Lecture
Remarks to Irish Development Ngos at a Garden Party
Áras an Uachtaráin, 4th July 2013
Remarks on receiving survivors of the Magdalene Laundries
Áras an Uachtaráin, 3rd July 2013
Remarks at the Community Garden Party
Áras an Uachtaráin, 30th June 2013
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