Trump's board of peace plans 'a land grab' in Gaza, says Higgins

Former president Michael D Higgins with the  president of SETU, Prof Veronica Campbell, after he received the 2026 Michael Cooley Award earlier on Thursday before making his speech in Trinity College Dublin. Picture: Patrick Browne

Former president Michael D Higgins has warned that “humanity is at stake” in Gaza, and said he describes events in the territory unreservedly as “a genocide”.

In a strident speech at Trinity College Dublin, Mr Higgins described plans outlined by the Donald Trump-inspired board of peace for Gaza as a “land grab”, and said that Ireland should approach its impending presidency of the EU as one of “international significance”.