Speech by President Higgins at a Garden Party Celebrating the Trade Union Movement

Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

In the penultimate Garden Party of 2024, the President and Sabina Higgins hosted a garden party celebrating the trade union movement. Through the theme of this garden party, President Higgins reflected, and celebrated, the trade union movement all that has been achieved in the long and difficult struggle for workers’ rights in Ireland, and across the globe. The garden party celebrated the work of current and past activists fighting for workers’ rights and standing in solidarity with colleagues, fellow citizens, and with people all over the world, in struggles against injustice, inequality and exclusion in the workplace. https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-higgins-host-a-garden-party-celebrating-the-trade-union-movement