We won't realise how much we'll miss Michael D Higgins as President until he's gone

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Former Labour stalwart has infuriated a smorgasbord of EU officials, the Israeli government, powerful international ratings agencies and various Dublin ministers but has always followed his own starMichael D Higgins has rung in his last new year as Ireland's President.
45% : During his presidency, Higgins has infuriated a smorgasbord of EU officials, the Israeli government, powerful international ratings agencies, Ireland's academy of economists, critics of Fidel Castro, revisionist historians, Northern Ireland unionists and, undoubtedly, various Dublin ministers who have kept a judicious silence, knowing they could not possibly compete with his popularity.

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