President Higgins uses Christmas message to call for solidarity in Ireland

President Michael D Higgins delivering his Christmas message for 2022.

President Michael D Higgins has used his Christmas message in 2022 to call for "solidarity" in Ireland.

In his annual message, the President welcomed the many people who are spending their first Christmas in Ireland, including those who were displaced by war, mentioning how the Irish know exactly what it feels like, as at the turn of the last century, over half of the people who had been born in Ireland were living abroad.