Michael D Higgins

As well as forging a successful political career, President MICHAEL D. HIGGINS is also an author, poet, and broadcaster. He presented a television film on Montserrat, The Other Emerald Isle, and a documentary on the life of Dr. Noel Browne for RTE, Dr Browne Also Spoke. He has had four volumes of poetry published, most recently New and Selected Poems (Liberties Press), and has been included in a number of anthologies. He is the author of several books, has contributed chapters to over twenty...See more

As well as forging a successful political career, President MICHAEL D. HIGGINS is also an author, poet, and broadcaster. He presented a television film on Montserrat, The Other Emerald Isle, and a documentary on the life of Dr. Noel Browne for RTE, Dr Browne Also Spoke. He has had four volumes of poetry published, most recently New and Selected Poems (Liberties Press), and has been included in a number of anthologies. He is the author of several books, has contributed chapters to over twenty publications, and was a columnist for Hot Press from 1982 until 1993. Higgins has campaigned for human rights and written about conflict in many parts of the world. He became the first recipient of the Sean MacBride Peace Prize of the International Peace Bureau in Helsinki in 1992, and has twice been mayor of Galway. See less