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10/11/2011
Final Day Of McAleese Presidency
Today is the last day in office for Mary McAleese.
This is the 60-year-old's final day in office as the President of Ireland.
Ireland's ninth President Michael D Higgins will be inaugurated as her successor.
Mary was the first Irish President to welcome a British Monarch to the Republic.
Prof McAleese has held the post for the past 14 years and is widely regarded as a hard act to follow.
On 11th November, 1997, Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland and was re-elected on Friday 1st October 2004 being the only validly-nominated candidate.
She is a barrister and former Professor of Law. Born on June 27th 1951 in Belfast, she is the first President to come from Northern Ireland.
The President-elect Michael D Higgins will visit Northern Ireland at the weekend following his his inauguration.
He will travel to Londonderry on Sunday for the final of the all-island school choir of the year competition after attending the Remembrance Sunday service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, earlier in the day.
(GK)
This is the 60-year-old's final day in office as the President of Ireland.
Ireland's ninth President Michael D Higgins will be inaugurated as her successor.
Mary was the first Irish President to welcome a British Monarch to the Republic.
Prof McAleese has held the post for the past 14 years and is widely regarded as a hard act to follow.
On 11th November, 1997, Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland and was re-elected on Friday 1st October 2004 being the only validly-nominated candidate.
She is a barrister and former Professor of Law. Born on June 27th 1951 in Belfast, she is the first President to come from Northern Ireland.
The President-elect Michael D Higgins will visit Northern Ireland at the weekend following his his inauguration.
He will travel to Londonderry on Sunday for the final of the all-island school choir of the year competition after attending the Remembrance Sunday service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, earlier in the day.
(GK)
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