Hilburn, Greg (June 25, 2018). "Trump tweets: 'We want Clay!' ". The News Star . Retrieved July 7, 2018. In response to protests in response to the police shooting death of Trayford Pellerin, Higgins made a post on Facebook stating he would "drop 10 of you where you stand." [28] 2020 [ edit ] He ended up putting forward 25 recommendations, including a call for “urgent action to develop a stronger relationship between business and government on the strategy for Scotland’s economic recovery”. In September 2010, Higgins indicated that he was interested in receiving the Labour Party's nomination for the 2011 presidential election. [36] He said prior to and during the election campaign that he would serve only one seven-year term as president, thus not seeking a second term of office, despite being entitled to do so. [37] [38] McGee, Harry (29 September 2011). "Higgins vows to remain neutral if elected". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011 . Retrieved 29 September 2011.

Elliott, Debbie (July 5, 2017). "Congressman Retracts Auschwitz Video And Apologizes, After Criticism". NPR . Retrieved July 6, 2017. Minihan, Mary (8 November 2011). "Humanist element to inauguration of Higgins". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011 . Retrieved 8 November 2011. President hits out at racism, homophobia". RTÉ News. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012 . Retrieved 24 March 2012. Müller, Peter E. (July 31, 2006). "Karin Hübner (1936-2006)". Die Welt . Retrieved February 11, 2017. (in German) One of the 'loverliest' shows imaginable ... a work of theatre magic." John Beaufort, The Christian Science Monitor.a b Horan, Niamh (5 January 2014). " 'President's religion is none of your business' – Independent.ie". Sunday Independent. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014 . Retrieved 5 January 2014. Defeated TDs claim pro-abortion smear". The Irish Times. 26 November 1982 . Retrieved 1 August 2016. Mr Higgins declared that the notion had been propounded throughout the campaign that he had become too radical and was in favour of abortion President Higgins is NSO's sole patron". RTÉ Ten. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021 . Retrieved 21 March 2012.

As well as having a successful political career Higgins has had a career as a poet and broadcaster and has produced works of non-fiction. [120] [121] He has contributed widely to political and philosophical journals on numerous subjects, among them ideology, the sociology of literature, clientelism in politics, [122] regionalism and the politics of the media. He wrote and presented a television film on Montserrat, entitled The Other Emerald Isle for Channel 4 and his documentary on the life of Noel Browne, for RTÉ, has also been screened. [123] On 15 September 2021, Higgins declined an invitation to attend a church service with Britain's Queen Elizabeth in October to mark Northern Ireland's centenary. [98] Two days later on 17 September, Higgins defended his decision not to attend the service and decided it would be "inappropriate to attend". [99] Pope Francis described Higgins as a "wise man of today" during an audience in the Vatican. [100]Everett, William A.; Paul R. Laird (May 22, 2008). The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Seconded.). Cambridge University Press. p.176. ISBN 978-0521862387 . Retrieved July 22, 2020. Following Onstage Collapse, Peter Land Departs RUTHLESS! Off-Broadway". Broadway World. July 30, 2015. ...the Alan Jay Lerner-directed My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)...

Among Higgins' poems are "The death of the Red Cow" and "The Ass", an ode to a donkey. [127] Poetry President Higgins asks for 23.5% pay cut". BreakingNews.ie. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 . Retrieved 19 November 2011.

If someone wants to tell me the relationship with business in Scotland is good then I'm sorry but in any relationship, when one side doesn't think it's good then I'm afraid it's just definitively not good. candidates take part in Today FM debate". RTÉ News. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011 . Retrieved 19 October 2011. Higgins travelled to Derry to attend the final of the All-Ireland school choir of the year competition on 13 November 2011, for his first official presidential engagement in Northern Ireland. [68] [69] [70] In December 2011, he hosted a children's tea party at Áras an Uachtaráin. [71] He attended the Bon Secours Hospital in Galway on 13 December for surgery on the kneecap that was broken in a fall during a visit to Buenaventura, Colombia in 2010. [72]

Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noël Coward, p. 369, Doubleday & Company, 1969. Hernandez, Salvador; Mimms, Sarah. "A Republican Member of Congress Threatened to Kill Armed Demonstrators In A Facebook Post". Buzzfeed News . Retrieved August 2, 2020. Higgins has campaigned for human rights and written of conflict in many parts of the world, including such areas as Nicaragua, Chile, Cambodia, El Salvador, Iraq and Somalia. [133] He spoke in the Dáil in defence of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla. [134] In recognition of his work for peace with justice in many parts of the world, he became the first recipient of the Seán MacBride Peace Prize of the International Peace Bureau in Helsinki in 1992. [135] He was a noted critic of U.S. foreign policy under the Ronald Reagan administration. In 2005, in response to a column for the Irish Independent by Kevin Myers about the riots then erupting across immigrant areas in France and Britain, he said "the contents of his column today go beyond his usually crafted cowardice, staying one step on the safe side of prosecution for incitement to hatred or racism." [136] On February 28, 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Higgins tweeted, "You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets", the meaning of which became a subject of minor debate. [44] [45] Texas v. Pennsylvania [ edit ]Whatever happens over the coming years, Higgins believes that businesses also have a part to play in building ties with the Scottish government. Higgins was reelected with 64.3% of the vote to Republican Holden Hoggatt's 10.9%, Democrat Lessie Olivia Leblanc's 10.5%, Democrat Tia LeBrun's 9.4%, Republican Thomas "Lane" Payne, Jr.'s 1.8%, Independent Gloria R. Wiggins's 1.4%, Republican Jacob "Jake" Shaheen's 0.9%, and Libertarian Guy McLendon's 0.7%. Higgins was reelected with 67.76% of the vote to Democrat Braylon Harris's 17.89%, Democrat Rob Anderson's 11.59%, and Libertarian Brandon Leleux's 2.75%. The relationship with business remains poor. If someone wants to tell me the relationship with business in Scotland is good then I’m sorry, but in any relationship, when one side doesn’t think it’s good then I’m afraid it’s just definitively not good.