Michael D Higgins TD

Welcome from Michael D Higgins TD Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs

Welcome to Michael D Higgins' section of the Labour Party website.

Michael is the Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, and is a current sitting deputy for Galway West.

He is a former Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht (1993- 1997), was first elected to the Dáil in 1981 and has been a deputy from 1987 to present.

He was a senator for the NUI constituency from 1982-1987 and was a taoiseach's nominee to the Seanad between 1973-1977.


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Michael D's videos:

Michael D speaks in the Dail on the issue of Haiti, Jan 2010







The following video is Michael D's contribution to the Labour Party Private Members' Time which sought the reversal of the education cuts in the Budget held on October 29 and 30th, 2008.



Michael D Higgins speaking on the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008.

Watch Michael D. Higgins's speech to the Labour Party conference in 2007.

Watch Michael D. Higgins comments on public transport in Galway, Galway's hospital and nursing homes

On Saturday 9th June RTÉ Radio 1's Off the Shelf brought together Mary Corcoran, Gemma Hussey and Brendan Halligan to discuss Michael D. Higgins' book 'Causes for Concern: Irish Politics, Culture and Society'

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Latest Local News

• Higgins Welcomes Galway Hosting of Final Leg of Volvo Ocean Race 2012
  Issued : 09/03/2010
• Transparency Needed on Military Component Trade
  Issued : 08/03/2010
• Musgrave Redundancies Highlight Government Failure in Jobs Crisis
  Issued : 04/03/2010
• Michael Foot a Parliamentarian of Unswerving Social Conscience
  Issued : 03/03/2010
• Higgins Deplores Minister's Decision to Pull Rug From Under Students' Feet
  Issued : 12/02/2010
• Higgins Calls on Minister to Upgrade N17 Due to Recent Deaths, Minister Declines Responsibility
  Issued : 11/02/2010
• Biological Weapons Bill Will Not Stop Transmission of Weapons Through Irish Airspace
  Issued : 11/02/2010
• Discourse of Political Economy Urgently Needed in Finance Bill
  Issued : 10/02/2010