Profile Michael D Higgins: The history man
Higgins began his preparations for the commemoration speeches last November
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Age: 74
Appearance: diminutive, bespectacled, venerable
Newsworthiness: gave a stirring speech on the commemoration of the 1916 Rising at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin – and had to turn down an invite to a 1916 event in Belfast due to unionist opposition
It was the moment that President Michael D Higgins had been waiting for. A big crowd. A chance to talk about the meaning of the Irish Republic and ...