Bloom a feast for the senses, says Higgins

Ireland’s biggest garden festival is a feast for the senses, President Michael D Higgins declared when he opened Bloom 2012 yesterday.

President Higgins, patron of the five-day event, did not have to travel far — Bloom is being held beside Áras an Uachtaráin in the grounds of Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Nevertheless, the President, accompanied by his wife Sabina, arrived at Bloom in a motorcade, which was just as well as it was a typical “soft day”.