Speeches By President Of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

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See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-opens-2021-young-environmentalist-awards-ceremony President Higgins will open the 2021 Young Environmentalist Awards ceremony, organised by ECO-UNESCO. The Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) scheme is an all-Ireland programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment. President Higgins is Patron of ECO-UNESCO and has made the issue of environmental protection and combating climate change one of the core themes of his Presidency.

D’eisigh an tUachtarán Mícheál D. Ó hUigínn físteachtaireacht speisialta do mhic léinn in institiúidí tríú leibhéal. Ina theachtaireacht do na mic léinn, d’aithin an tUachtarán na nithe a chuir isteach ar shaolta na mac léinn, agus ghabh sé buíochas leo as a gcomhoibrithe agus a bhfoighne le linn na tréimhse deacra seo.

President Michael D. Higgins has issued special video messages for students in third level institutions. In his message to the students, the President acknowledged the disruptions to students’ lives, and thanked students for their cooperation and patience in these testing times.

Message for Post-Primary Students from President Michael D. Higgins May 2021 by Áras an Uachtaráin

As in previous years, President Higgins led the National Famine Commemoration Ceremony. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-leads-the-national-famine-commemoration-ceremony

D’eisigh an tUachtarán Mícheál D. Ó hUigínn físteachtaireacht speisialta do mhic léinn in institiúidí iar-bhunscoile

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See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-higgins-marks-may-day-2021 President Michael D. Higgins marked May Day, International Workers Day. In a special video message, the President spoke of how May Day has traditionally been a day to celebrate the progress made – through the efforts of workers and trade union activists – on securing important worker rights, including the fundamental rights laid down in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, but also rights relating to health and safety, fair wages, paid vacations, parental leave, and pension plans. Reflecting on how this year’s May Day is the second International Workers Day taking place under Covid-19 public health restrictions, the President highlighted some lessons to be learned from the pandemic, making the case for greater international solidarity in responding to the virus.

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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.

"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 M

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