Michael D Higgins to decide if there’s a presidential campaign

Last Sunday, the great and the good gathered on a cold and breezy O’Connell St for the annual Easter Rising commemoration, writes Daniel McConnell.

The pomp and ceremony was impressive and the stirring rendition of ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ complete with air corps fly past was memorable.

But what stuck in my mind was the genuine outpouring of good wishes from the general public, in the cheap seats, to President Michael D Higgins.