I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm …

- Michael D. Higgins

Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work with head and heart to b…

- Michael D. Higgins

Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have …

- Michael D. Higgins

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

- Michael D. Higgins

I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care.

- Michael D. Higgins

Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of …

- Michael D. Higgins

I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for…

- Michael D. Higgins

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive…

- Michael D. Higgins

I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.

- Michael D. Higgins