Details via https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-marks-international-traveller-roma-day-2021

Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

Message For International Traveller And Roma Day

President Higgins has issued a message of congratulations for the ‘Irish in the UK’ tv programme. Over the past four years, producers Martin and Annette Logan have travelled the length and breadth of Britain to produce their weekly show for the Irish community in the United Kingdom. They have continued that work throughout the pandemic, allowing their viewers to keep connected with Irish organisations across the country even while in lockdown. In his message, President Higgins pays tribute to the Irish community in the UK, and to the makers of the TV programme.

Message Of Congratulations From President Higgins For The ‘Irish In The UK’ Tv Programme

"To have the opportunity of seeing Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, the final play of the great Russian writer will always be a guaranteed pleasure. To see this enduring classic in a version by Tom Murphy, directed by Garry Hynes with the Druid ensemble, is a special experience. Chekhov’s great work was written in conditions of great change where the life-world of those who enjoyed a privileged existence on estates and in great houses, on which, and within which, serfs owned in body and soul lived out their lives, was being challenged by a new modernity, the rise of Nouveau Riche. Emancipated serfs are familiar with the sentiment of such a class, but positioned for their replacement. Irish playwrights saw the parallels between these Chronicles of Chekhov and the incumbents of the big houses of the 19th Century landlord class in Ireland. Of these playwrights, the great wordsmith of dialogue and poetic feeling is Tom Murphy. The partnership between Druid’s Garry Hynes, the entire company, and Tom Murphy’s work has yielded a rich expression of contemporary Irish creativity for the stage. That now so many more will have access to what was given to us by Anton Chekhov, through his collaboration with Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre in their time and Tom Murphy and the Druid Company in our time, reminds us that the stage is, above all else, a space for the soul. In that space the cloying pretentiousness of property possession, respectability and their serving institutions are confronted. Of this Irish gift to the world, among all the gifts, let us hope that they will not only endure but become seeds for the future. Bain taitneamh as an dráma seo, is uaimse, beir beannacht."

Message for Druid Theatre, on their production of Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard"

https://president.ie/ga/diary/details/president-marks-st-patricks-day-2021

Teachtaireacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2021 ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-marks-international-womens-day

‘Ar Aghaidh le Misneach agus le Chéile’ - International Women's Day 2021

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-marks-international-womens-day President and Sabina Higgins hosted their first virtual International Women’s Day initiative, with an online celebration of women’s voices and talents.

Message for International Women's Day 2021 - "Ar Aghaidh le Misneach agus le Chéile"

President Higgins launched Seachtain na Gaeilge 2021 on the 1st of March. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-launches-seachtain-na-gaeilge-2021

Message from President Higgins to launch Seachtain na Gaeilge 2021

See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-hosts-machnamh-100-seminar

Machnamh 100 - Panel discussion

Machnamh 100 - Response by Dr. Marie Coleman

Machnamh 100 - Response by Prof. Alvin Jackson by Áras an Uachtaráin

Machnamh 100 - Response by Prof. Alvin Jackson

Machnamh 100 - Response by Prof. Eunan O'Halpin

“Machnamh 100” - Address by President Higgins: “Empire: Instincts, Interests, Power and Resistance”

Machnamh 100 - Response by Dr Niamh Gallagher

Machnamh 100 - Prof. John Horne: “Empire: instincts, interests, power and resistance”

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Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

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