Higgins' victory speech

Here is an edited version of President-elect Michael D Higgins’ victory speech from the National Count Centre in Dublin Castle after securing 1,007,104 votes.

“I will be a President for all the people and from this moment I will cease to be a member and president of the Labour Party, a party which has informed my thinking and the ethos of my life, a party whose centenary, founded by James Connolly and James Larkin, will be celebrated next year.