FIRST FULL OFFICIAL DAY IN GALWAY FOR PRESIDENT HIGGINS

Date Published: 24-Feb-2012

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is visiting Galway today for a series of official functions, his first full day of engagements since taking the office

The President opened the day at midday at Merlin Park hospital where HSE officials accompanied the President on a tour of the Galway training centre

At 2.30 President Higgins will officially open the neonatal intensive care unit at University Hospital Galway

At 3:30 the President will visit NUI Galway to launch the Irish centre for autism and neurodevelopment research

Then at around 4:30, the President will attend his final engagement, a civic reception hosted by Galway county council at county hall on Prospect Hill