My personal presidency: Michael D Higgins talks to Fintan O’Toole
Arás an Uachtaráin: Michael D Higgins in his study at his official residence. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons It is striking that, in the course of a wide-ranging conversation in his study at Áras an Uachtaráin, Michael D Higgins mentions just one precise date: August 15th, 1946. He says these numbers in what seems an entirely unselfconscious way, as if to him they are just there, always, in his hea
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has left ‘tolerance’ far behind
It looks like a victory for tolerance. But it’s actually an end to mere toleration. Tolerance is what “we” extend, in our gracious goodness, to “them”. It’s about saying “You do your own thing over there and we won’t bother you so long as you don’t bother us”. The resounding Yes is a statement that Ireland has left tolerance far behind. It’s saying that there’s no “them” anymore. LGBT people are u
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