Jailed criminal defence lawyer Cahir O’Higgins earned over €200,000 in legal fees from the State’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme in 2024 before his imprisonment for a range of offences last year ...

O’Higgins received a further 27 months in prison ... for convictions for assault causing harm and harassment. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest ...

Ten people including Republic of Ireland captain Séamus Coleman have received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad during a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin.

He is a friend of Michael D Higgins and perhaps that is why ... His candidacy is not seen as a likely prospect. Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole has also been mentioned.

Higgins presented the 2024 Presidential ... during his time in the Senate. O'Leary, who founded the Irish American Democrats Political Action Committee in 1996, was appointed in 2022 by US ...

O’Sullivan would say years later in his ... around for snooker’s golden age and to win three World Cups for Ireland with Higgins and Taylor. Even if he never got his hands on the trophy ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has backed the Irish president’s decision to ... During Michael D Higgins’ speech at Dublin’s Mansion House on Sunday he referred to the Hamas attack ...

But some had objected to Mr Higgins over recent remarks he made about the conflict in Gaza. Tom O’Dowd, chairman of Holocaust Education Ireland, which organised the event, said some Jewish ...

Read more: Higgins accuses Israeli embassy of circulating ... Chairperson of Holocaust Education Ireland, Professor Thomas O’Dowd said the President was invited to give the keynote address ...

Protesters have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by Irish President Michael D Higgins. It comes after some objected to the invitation to Mr Higgins to deliver the ...

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Protesters have been removed from a Holocaust memorial event during an address by Irish President Michael D Higgins. It comes after some objected to the invitation to Mr Higgins to deliver the keynote ...