Irish - Politician | April 18, 1941 -
While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.
Michael D. Higgins
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I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasized ideas. I hope it will be a presidency that will enable everybody to be part of and proud of.
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The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people.
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I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.
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The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.
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The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen.
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I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.
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Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work with head and heart to be part of it with all of you in creating that future one in which all of us can be part of and part of us too.
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I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.
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The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.
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I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people.
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I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future.
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