Michael D Higgins: St Patrick's Day can be start of 'new journey'

President Michael D Higgins: 'On Saint Patrick’s Day 2021, we have been reminded of our shared vulnerability, our interdependence, the need for an understanding that can fly past borders.' Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

St Patrick’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on our migrant history, learn from it, and allow it to be a “source of our ethics”, President Michael D Higgins has said.

In his annual message to commemorate the feast day of our patron saint, President Higgins said the story of St Patrick was an appropriate message, considering the “special circumstances for the year”.