Higgins hails 'memorable' UK visit

President Michael D Higgins has hailed his “memorable” historic state visit to the UK as “so positive, so uplifting and so hopeful”.

He took to the Royal Albert Hall stage at a concert in his honour to uproarious applause and said: “On a night like this it is great to be Irish.” He added it was “even better” to share it with “our friends in Britain”.