Sep 19, 2023 · The United Nations is “losing credibility”, President Michael D Higgins has said in comments that have drawn a defence of the organisation from Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Jan 23, 2025 · Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided. The Dáil was...

Jan 15, 2025 · Micheál Martin and Simon Harris welcome Gaza ceasefire after ‘15 months of immense human suffering’ President Michael D Higgins says massive scale-up of humanitarian aid is needed now to...

Michael D. Higgins: Tánaiste: Simon Harris: Preceded by: Simon Harris: In office 27 June 2020 – 17 December 2022: President: Michael D. Higgins: Tánaiste: Leo Varadkar: Preceded by: ... Micheál Martin appeals to Israel while in Gaza on 25 February 2010. [47] The following week Martin wrote about his experience in the International Herald ...

Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster, and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011.

Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald were proposed, with the nomination of Martin approved by a vote of 95 to 76. The nomination of Mary Lou McDonald was not considered. [8] President Michael D. Higgins signed the warrant of appointment and presented the seal of Taoiseach and the seal of Government to Martin at Áras an Uachtaráin. [9]

Jan 23, 2025 · DUBLIN (AP) — Irish lawmakers voted Thursday to make veteran politician Micheál Martin prime minister for a second time, leading a coalition government. Members of the lower house of parliament, the Dáil, voted by 95 to 76 to confirm Martin as taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister.

Jun 18, 2023 · TÁNAISTE MICHEÁL MARTIN has responded to claims by President Michael D Higgins that “Ireland is playing with fire” in a “drift” away from neutrality. In an interview with the Business Post...

Jan 22, 2025 · Once Martin is approved, he will be formally appointed to the job by President Michael D. Higgins before naming his cabinet. In Ireland’s Nov. 29 election, voters bucked a global trend that saw incumbent governments ousted around the world in 2024.

Jun 19, 2023 · Tánaiste Micheál Martin was forced to release a statement on Sunday defending the Government’s Consultative Forum on International Security after criticism from President Higgins.