Taoiseach: 'Time to move on' from Sabina Higgins letter furore

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina, who faced widespread criticism over comments she made in a letter to the Irish Times in which she called on Russia and Ukraine to negotiate and agree a ceasefire. Picture: Brian Lawless

The Taoiseach has welcomed clarification from the president’s wife, Sabina Higgins, about her Ukraine ceasefire comments and said it’s time to move on from the controversy.

Micheál Martin refused to be drawn on whether Áras an Uachtaráin could learn any lessons from the controversy and said what was important from a Government perspective was that its position in relation to the war in Ukraine is “rock solid”.