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MICHAEL D Higgins has been an outstanding first citizen of Ireland for the past 14 years and has represented his country with ...

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Ireland’s president has been branded “despicable” and accused of spewing “anti-Semitic lies” after he used a Holocaust ...

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DUBLIN -- Veteran politician Micheál Martin is set to become Ireland's prime minister for a second time on Wednesday when ...