An Lámh in Uachtar a Fháil Arís ar an tSráid Eorpach – An tUachtarán Na hÉireann Micheál D. Ó hUigínn á chur faoi agallamh ag Seán Mac an tSíthigh
Live, in-person at the Dingle Skellig Hotel
Dáta: Friday 19 November 2021
Am: 19.30 – 20.30 IST/GMT
Tickets: €15
Reclaiming the European Street with President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins interviewed by Seán Mac an tSíthigh
Live, in-person at the Dingle Skellig Hotel
Date: Friday 19 November 2021
Time: 19.30 – 20.30 IST/GMT
Tickets: €15
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins was elected the ninth President of Ireland in 2011 and was re-elected in 2018 securing the largest number of votes in Irish presidential election history. President Higgins has forged a career as an academic, a poet, and as a public representative serving at every level of public life in Ireland. He was a member of Dáil Éireann for twenty-five years and a member of Seanad Éireann for nine years. He has campaigned extensively for human rights, inclusive citizenship and climate sustainability across the world. Previous works include When Ideas Matter: Speeches for an Ethical Republic (2016), Renewing the Republic (2012) and Causes of Concern (2007).
A passionate political voice, academic and human rights advocate, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is also champion of creativity within Irish society, a writer and a poet. The President comes to Dingle to discuss his most recent publication Reclaiming the European Street. In his collection of speeches on European themes, he points to a weakening of solidarity and rising inequalities and highlights the need to learn lessons from the past.
Reclaiming the European Street was edited by Prof. Joachim Fischer (MA Mainz, PhD TCD) Jean Monnet Professor of European Cultural Studies at the University of Limerick and Dr habil. Fergal Lenehan (BA and MA UCD, PhD Leipzig, Habilitation Jena) of the Intercultural Communications and European Studies at the Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena (Germany).
Copies of Reclaiming the European Street will be on sale by the Dingle Bookshop at the event. The President has agreed to sign copies at the end of the talk.
Seán Mac an tSíthigh is a Video Journalist working with RTÉ / TG4. “I film, edit and tell stories.” Ciarraíoch. Ireland
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