Poet Higgins was elected President of Ireland

WASHINGTON foreign reports] 70, the Irish poet Higgins (Michael D. Higgins) stand out in the presidential election, the results of the initial billing to 39.6 percent of the vote to beat six opponents, was elected President of Ireland . President of Ireland, although only a virtual head of state, but in the current period of economic hardship, Higgins was elected to the respective Labour Party remain an important symbolic significance. ...Poet Higgins was elected President of Ireland