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NB: This may not be a word-for-word transcript. Christmas Message from President Michael D. Higgins 20 December 2024 Mar Uachtarán na hÉireann, cuirim fáilte chroíúil romhaibh agus guím Nollaig shíochánta shona oraibh go léir. As President of Ireland, may I offer to each and every one of you my warmest greetings and my best wishes for a peaceful and happy Christmas. On this occasion, as I offer you all what will be the final Christmas message of my terms as Uachtarán na hÉireann, I recall the values that I stressed in my first Christmas Message in 2011. The ethical values I invoked as project for all of us – building a just and inclusive society that ensures the participation of all of our citizens – are surely as valid today as they were then, retaining a capacity to go to the hearts of Irish people wherever scattered they may be as they celebrate this season. At Christmas, many families will be welcoming the homecomings of many of our Irish community abroad. But ther
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