Quote of the day
Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and Latin America constitute 'the rural areas of the world'.
Michael D. Higgins
Born: April 18, 1941 (age 85)
Bio: Michael Daniel Higgins is the ninth and current President of Ireland, in office since 11 November 2011.
Known for:
- Renewing the Republic (2012)
- An Arid Season: New Poems (2004)
- When Ideas Matter (2016)
- The Betrayal: Poems (1990)
- New and Selected Poems (2011)







