President Michael D. Higgins to travel to London for Lá Fhéile Bríde
Date: Thu 1st Feb, 2018 | 00:01
President Michael D. Higgins will travel to London today (1 February 2018) to attend a major event celebrating the achievements of women in Ireland and Great Britain.
The event, organised by the Irish Embassy in London on the occasion of Lá Fhéile Bríde / St. Brigid’s Feast Day, celebrates the contributions and talents of women in many fields, including the arts, architecture, fashion, business, science and technology.
On Friday morning, the President will pay his respects at the grave of Eva Gore-Booth.
President Higgins gave a major speech, in October 2016, on the life and work of Eva Gore-Booth, reflecting on her remarkable, yet often overlooked, contributions to the fight for Irish freedom and, together with Esther Roper, for the rights of powerless and disenfranchised sections of society in Britain.
The President will also visit the Suffragette Fellowship Memorial in London's Christchurch Gardens.