Making his first visit to the United States since his election as 9th President of Ireland, Uachtaráin na hEireann, President Michael D. Higgins spent four days in New York before travelling to Boston.

To read President Higgins' remarks at the Irish Community Reception hosted by the Consul General of Ireland in Ireland House, New York, on Monday, 30 April, click here:  http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1102&lang=eng

All of the photos from the Irish Community reception at Ireland House can be viewed and copied, free of charge, at photographer James Higgins' website: http://www.higginsphotonyc.com

To read President Higgins' remarks at the event hosted by the Irish Network New York City - IN-NYC - on Tuesday, 1 May, click here: http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1103&lang=eng 

You can listen to President Higgins' interview on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC/NPR on Tuesday, 1 May, here: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2012/may/01/irish-president-michael-higgins/

The President gave the Thomas Flanagan Memorial Lecture at the American Irish Historical Society in New York on Tuesday, 1 May. His lecture, entitled "Remembering and Imagining Irishness", can be accessed here: http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1105&lang=eng

President Higgins addressed the United Nations on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, 3 May. His remarks can be accessed here: http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1106&lang=eng

The President visited Glucksman Ireland House at New York University to meet with faculty and students. His lecture, entitled "Reflecting on Irish Migrations: Some issues for the Social Sciences", can be accessed here: http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1107

The President addressed the annual dinner of the American Ireland Fund at the Lincoln Centre on Thursday, 3 May. His remarks to the audience of over 1,300 can be accessed here http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=5&speech=1108