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20 February 2012 Last updated at 22:43 ET By Mark Simpson BBC Ireland correspondent Irish President Michael D Higgins will be in London on Tuesday Ireland's president, Michael D Higgins, will make his first visit to London since taking office later. It i
NOW THAT Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping has completed a well-publicised and successful visit, the purposes behind his itinerary: that of deepening bilateral relations, strengthening commercial links and emphasising the importance of Ireland both as a
DUBLIN, Feb 20 — Ireland’s national sports — Gaelic football and hurling — won an unlikely new audience when pictures of China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping kicking a football were beamed to Beijing from Ireland, the only European stop on his current wo
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's national sports of Gaelic football and hurling won an unlikely new audience on Sunday when pictures of China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping kicking a football in Dublin's Croke Park stadium were beamed home to Beijing. Xi, wh
TODAY, Xi Jinping, Vice President of China, will begin a three-day visit to Ireland. This will be the second of three countries on his itinerary: he is currently in the United States and, when he leaves Ireland on Monday evening, he will travel to Turkey
WHEN CHINA’S vice-president Xi Jinping lands in Shannon today for a getting-to-know-you trip to our shores, a rare opportunity presents itself for Ireland to expand its role as a key trading partner of China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy. As
CHINA'S next leader Xi Jinping will arrive in Ireland next week for a major three-day visit.Mr Xi (58) is set to become president of China in October and he will meet with Irish leaders on a broad range of issues, including trade and tourism.The English-
Queen Elizabeth with President Mary McAleese at the Garden of Rememberance in Dublin The Queen’s visit to Ireland last year marked a ‘huge turning point’ in her life according to her grandson Prince William. The claim is made in a new three-part BBC docu
Queen Elizabeth, who celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this year, arriving at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Norfolk, England, yesterday. Chris Radburn. Above: The queen with former president Mary McAleese, Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Chief of
OPINION: Minister’s comments on Irish position reflect his own preferences and belie intricacy of period DURING THE second World War, novelist Elizabeth Bowen travelled between Britain and Ireland and provided reports on Irish attitudes to neutrality and
A BRONZE bust of former president Mary McAleese is expected be installed alongside those of her predecessors in the coming weeks.The bust was commissioned in 1999, two years after Ms McAleese took up office, and cost €7,600.But the Office of Public Works
Unveiled in 1995 by Drogheda Mayor Alderman Godfrey and the then Turkish Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Taner Baytok, the plaque, which reads simply “The Great Irish Famine of 1847 -- In remembrance and recognition of the generosity of the People
MOST of the Independent senators appointed to the Upper House by Taoiseach Enda Kenny last night refused to answer queries on how they spent their €23,000 leader's allowance.The Taoiseach can appoint 11 people to the Seanad, and in a coalition these are
By JENNIFER O'LEARY - BBC NEWS Added: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:12:46 UTC It is the second Sunday after Christmas, and among those attending Catholic mass in the Pro Cathedral in Dublin city centre is the former Irish president, Mary McAleese. Her successor, P
12 January 2012 Last updated at 10:34 ET By Jennifer O'Leary Dublin reporter Irish President Michael D Higgins describes himself as spiritual rather than religious It is the second Sunday after Christmas, and among those attending Catholic mass in the Pr
A LOCAL authority last night became the first in the country to agree to put in place a ban on fracking. The 32 members of Clare County Council voiced their complete opposition to fracking taking place in the county.Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is
FORMER PRESIDENT Mary McAleese has said she would consent to have the Boyne bridge on the M1 motorway named in her honour. Mrs McAleese was “very privileged and honoured” at Meath County Council’s recent support for the proposal, according to Helen Carne
A BRITISH Labour Party councillor has been chosen by President Michael D Higgins as one of his appointees to the Council of State. Sally Mulready, a councillor in Hackney in London, is a prominent emigrant rights activist in Britain who moved there from
INTERVIEW: FIRST ELECTED as a TD in 1981, Seán Barrett has served as minister for defence and the marine, government whip and now Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil. In the short gap between the resignation at midnight of president Mary McAleese and the officia
Mary Patricia McAleese (Irish: Máire Pádraigín Bean Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current President of Ireland. She is Ireland's second female president and the world's first woman to succeed another woman as an elected head of state. She was first elected president in 1997 and was re-elected, without contest, to... Full Article
Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin, tours downtown Beirut, October 16, 2011.
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, right, with her husband Sen. Martin McAleese walk during a tour in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three-day visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check on Irish soldiers serving with U.N....
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese lays a wreath as Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand at attention at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese awards medals to Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Camp Shamrock, the Irish contingent's base in the town of Tibnin, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese accompanied by her husband Martin McAleese (R) and Irish Battalion's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Bolger (L) talk during her visit at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese plants a tree as United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas (L)and Martin McAleese, her husband (2nd L) and the Irish Battalion's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Bolger(3rd L) watch at Camp...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin McAleese, poses for a picture with orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese pays her respect at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in the town of Tibnin, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese sits with orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, in southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese reviews Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese stands during a moment of silence with Irish U.N. peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south Lebanon, in the town of Tibnin, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese receives flowers from orphaned girls during her visit to Tibnin Orphanage, southern Lebanon, October 15, 2011.
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied with her husband, Martin McAleese (C), are welcomed by an Irish U.N. peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), upon their arrival at a memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish peacekeepers who died during service in south...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, receives a bouquet of flowers from Lebanese orphans during her visit to an orphanage, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, second right, sits between Lebanese orphans during her visit to an orphanage, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, pins medal to an Irish UN peacekeeper soldier, right, at their base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check the...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, addresses a speech at the Irish UN peacekeepers base, in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to check the Irish soldiers...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, right, and her husband Dr Martin McAleese, center, shake hands with UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas, left, at the Irish UN peacekeepers base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon...
View Photo »Irish President Mary McAleese, left, speaks with UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas, right, at the Irish UN peacekeepers base in the southern village of Tebnine, Lebanon, on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011. McAlees arrived in Lebanon on Friday on a three days visit to meet with...
View Photo »Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, greets Irish President Mary McAleese, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 14, 2011.
View Photo »DUNSHAUGHLIN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Irish President Mary McAleese speaks during the opening ceremony prior to the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle Golf Club on September 22, 2011 in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland.
View Photo »DUNSHAUGHLIN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Irish President Mary McAleese chats with Executive Director of the Ladies European Tour Alexandra Armas (R) during the opening ceremony prior to the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle Golf Club on September 22, 2011 in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland...
View Photo »President of Ireland Mary McAleese, centre, joins the European, left, and U.S. Solheim Cup teams during the opening ceremony for the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, Dunsany, Ireland, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
View Photo »DUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 23: (L to R) First lady Michelle Obama, Onyedika Ukachukwu, Dr Martin McAleese, Colm Dunne, Maragaret McDonagh, U.S. President Barack Obama, President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Head Gardener Robert Norris attend a tree planting ceremony at Aras an Uachtarain...
View Photo »DUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 23: (L to R) school children Onyedika Ukachukwu, Colm Dunne and Maragaret McDonagh hold the rope to the Peace Bell as U.S. President Barack Obama plants a tree while being watched by Head Gardener Robert Norris, President of Ireland Mary McAleese, first lady...
View Photo »Ireland's President Mary McAleese, accompanied by her husband Martin, tours downtown Beirut, October 16, 2011.
View Photo »The biggest thing was meeting Mary McAleese before the game. That day she could have given the team talk. ‘We need a big one today,’ she told us. Hearing what was nearly an order from the President meant everything to us. It would have been unthinkable if England had won but we beat a very good English ...
