{"id":423980,"date":"2026-04-29T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423980\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:35:09","slug":"michael-d-higgins-returned-e2-6-million-of-pay-and-allowances-to-state-over-14-year-presidency-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423980\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael D Higgins returned \u20ac2.6 million of pay and allowances to State over 14-year presidency &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOWFc5cndsUEJrNjhlRFdIdkhtNHhHeExIckVmSmU5YmpiTW1rWG9lZzB4bjY2ckpJNjBzaXlLLVE4dXhFM2xZVUg4VnlDS3puazEzaWVvb0VXdEZabld1QWhOa1M3Z18tX2xPelZHcHhMMHl1SU1rbzdfTmJ5aXZIQm9iQmY5TURrLTl0SDVmUk5lWldhZVNnWkdfOFo5b2Q0c2E1OV9NbFFtVUZXM0NETUJXNnZpS1JKQkhV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael D Higgins returned \u20ac2.6 million of pay and allowances to State over 14-year presidency<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOVE5Hc1NSRkNHRThrQnlpdXN4RjU1dWJOS2pJVEhZemk0MDNDeU9obHhLWHV3a014blRiM1FCVm0zenVIQU5OcHZPRXZoalV2TTZubzQxRDVrTDJyUzlyLTN1Y2Z4VzZOamhhdVdhbTVKd1pKeXJjc3N4N09hY2s5cmZRTnkzRmJrSEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Underspend of nearly \u20ac400,000 in second Higgins \u00c1ras term<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNOW94TmQ2ejZ5ZmZXLVp5cmNJV1VNY2MyUGEweXJCVU45VTRzSVV4VUU5cGVzZElHQXVPcGVwMTVSUnN3Tld2WWhTYXB4djhRQ0cxWkRSb0xhV1ZSMktmbjZFaU5MLVRQY3lCNm5ldEdoVTIzd0ZNU0p2cWFUMDgxVGhLZHR5aTFVbGk5N3Z3a09xWFktUlI3NjRzZUFYbDFZR2Q5Z1ZvTzZibmVCYmlBVmlWSUx3TURFMlN0ME1JNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael D Higgins returns \u20ac2.6m in salary and allowances to the State<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNaXZ2WU42ODZJNllaUUN2Z1A2WlhDMExURGRQNGtFZUZrWldLLTFtakt2cWdpOXRlTFJrTWQxaU94REdHTEl4MS02RHAzTEhKeV9XeDVPUUc5Z25JdzBkbVZOOUtma0pjcm5tNW1VSGNyMjJUNjRvMjRfN2VoNFU4aGxxNlRULTdXOUQ2c3N5TmRKQjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael D Higgins gives over \u20ac2m back to the State after two presidency terms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBnZV83Um16OUkyUGxXZzJBN1ZyRzNUbTUyd1FveGxaTmZPRFhZcEFVcFRjUUtpTFhWQW1DQXJrQUVtY0xOemVreVhtRE1SV080Z3ZUNEUzNFpmMG9UWTUtaTVTVWZNRGdNTDhSWGlseDFUVUFzX29RVU9ITjM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael D. Higgins returns total of \u20ac2.6 million to Exchequer over course of two terms as President of Ireland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Extra.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael D Higgins returned \u20ac2.6 million of pay and allowances to State over 14-year presidency&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalUnderspend of nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[185599,172514,61,60,977,43,1554,77686,2222],"class_list":["post-423980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-exchequer","tag-former-president","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-michael-d-higgins","tag-news","tag-presidency","tag-president-michael-d-higgins","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}