Michael D Higgins: Ireland's poet president

Politician, sociologist and a strong critic of republican violence during the Troubles, Higgins is far from a figurehead leader

Michael D Higgins has a lack of pomp and circumstance that is in sharp contrast to the Queen, his main host for the next five days. Last year, the Irish president known affectionately as Michael D surprised his minders by dropping into a Dublin pub after noticing a Galway flag flying outside, and chatted to the regulars about the prospects for his adopted county's hurling team.

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source Guardian