{"id":106255,"date":"2025-10-27T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/106255\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T07:37:07","slug":"michael-d-higgins-taken-to-hospital-for-precautionary-overnight-stay-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/106255\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael D Higgins taken to hospital for \u2018precautionary\u2019 overnight stay \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/michael-d-higgins\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/michael-d-higgins\/\">Michael D Higgins<\/a> was taken to hospital on Sunday evening, The Irish Times has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In response to questions, \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in said in a statement: \u201cThe President travelled to St James\u2019s Hospital by arrangement today to have a localised infection examined. The President, who is in good spirits, will remain in hospital overnight to receive antibiotics ahead of returning to \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Mr Higgins, who is 84, will reach the end of his second term as president on November 10th, hours before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/catherine-connolly\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/catherine-connolly\/\">Catherine Connolly<\/a> is inaugurated as his successor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Last year the President suffered a mild stroke, which the \u00c1ras described at the time as a \u201ctransitory weakness\u201d. He later said there was no cognitive impairment as a result of the episode. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">An analysis by The Irish Times of the President\u2019s diary showed that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2025\/07\/26\/president-michael-d-higgins-engagements-decrease-over-14-year-term-aras-diary-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2025\/07\/26\/president-michael-d-higgins-engagements-decrease-over-14-year-term-aras-diary-shows\/\">number of public engagements<\/a> almost halved from more than 28 per month in 2019 \u2013 the first full year of his second term \u2013 to about 15 per month this year and last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">President Higgins<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2025\/10\/26\/michael-d-higgins-poetry-galway-and-grandchildren-the-future-life-of-a-former-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2025\/10\/26\/michael-d-higgins-poetry-galway-and-grandchildren-the-future-life-of-a-former-president\/\"> intends to return to his home<\/a> in Rahoon, Galway when he leaves \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in. He plans to continue working on food security while writing poems and resuming unfinished books, he has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Michael D Higgins was taken to hospital on Sunday evening, The Irish Times has learned. 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