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Speech at the Irish Association of Suicidology Annual Conference
Killashee House Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare, 8th October 2015
Speech at the launch of the Hidden Gems & Forgotten People Project
National Library, Kildare Street, Thursday, 8th October 2015
“The European Union - Towards a Discourse of Reconnection, Renewal and Hope”
Speech at The 11th Annual Emile Noël Lecture
Address at Summit Dialogue on Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
United Nations, New York, 27th September 2015
Address at the Mobilising Generation Zero Hunger Event
United Nations, New York, 26th September 2015
Address at Interactive Dialogue on Fostering Sustainable Economic Growth and Transformation
and Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production
Speech at the National Ploughing Championships
Ratheniska, 22nd September 2015
Speech at the NALA Adult Literacy Awareness Week
21st September 2015
Speech at the 40th anniversary of the twinning of Galway and Lorient
Printworks Gallery, Market Street, Galway City Saturday, 19th September 2015
Speech by President Michael D. Higgins At a reception for the 20th Anniversary of Community Radio
Áras an Uachtaráin, Thursday 17th September, 2015
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