President Michael D Higgins at the launch of the 'Being Young & Irish' campaignThis time last year, President Michael D Higgins was making his case for becoming the ninth President of Ireland All through that campaign, in many different places and in many different ways, he stressed the importance of embracing the young people of the country as being the key to a prosperous future By encouraging them, by empowering them, by inspiring them to, as the President said at the landmark SpunOut youth debate during the campaign, "be the arrow, not the target" The President wants to hear young people's opinions READ MORE