Michael D Higgins Becomes Irish President

Michael D Higgins becomes Irish president

The HinduMichael D Higgins becomes Irish presidentThe GuardianThe Irish Labour party's Michael D Higgins has been confirmed as the ninth president of the republic after winning a landslide victory in the most fractious campaign in the country's history. The poet and campaigner gained a 56.8% share of the vote, ...Poet, rights activist Michael D.

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