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State Visit To Australia, October 2017 Dáta: Tue 12th Dec, 2017 | 10:17 In October 2017, President Higgins undertook a State Visit to Australia, the first such visit by an Irish head of state since 1998. During the State Visit, the President highlighted the many historic connections between Ireland and Australia, including the experiences of people fleeing famine, poverty and forced labour, but also highlighting the many contributions made by Irish people to Australian society, most notably in education, health care, infrastructure and politics. The President said that “the migratory stories of the many Irish who have travelled to Australia across the decades and the centuries are myriad and complex. They are stories that have created a profound link between our two countries, and a friendship that stretches across the many thousands of miles that separate us.” Today, over 90,000 Irish-born people live in Australia and 2 million Australians record their ancestry as Irish. During the State Visit, the President thanked the Irish communities in Australia for “extending the hand of friendship” to the new waves of immigrants, saying the migratory history of the Irish people should “give us a certain consciousness” on the rights of migrants in today's world. The President also highlighted the growing business and tourism links between the two countries, encouraging Australian entrepreneurs to see Ireland as a bridge to the European Union, and praising the work of organisations such as the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Tourism Ireland. As part of the State Visit, the President delivered addresses to some of the country's most prestigious universities. In Melbourne, the President reflected on the economic policies that influenced much of the early Irish immigration into Australia, and in Sydney, the President spoke of the importance of "acknowledging, questioning, sometimes revising, but always remembering, in an ever more inclusive way, the events of our collective past", in order to "begin to build a collective future.” The President paid tribute to the friendship between Ireland and Australia, saying "Good friends can bridge gaps of time and space, and they understand each other, despite – or rather because of – their differences. And good friends bring out the best in each other." This video presents a brief overview of the State Visit. For more information, see the Diary section of www.president.ie
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Cuairt Stáit ar an Astráil, Deireadh Fómhair 2017 Dáta: Cuairt Stáit ar an Astráil, Deireadh Fómhair 2017 I mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017, thug an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn Cuairt Stáit ar an Astráil, an chéad chuairt dá leithéid ag ceann stáit na hÉireann ó 1958. Le linn na Cuairte Stáit, tharraing an tUachtarán aird ar na naisc stairiúla go léir idir Éire agus an Astráil; san áireamh bhí taithí na ndaoine a bhí ag teitheadh ón ngorta, ón mbochtaineacht agus ó obair éigeantais, ach chomh maith leis sin tharraing sé aird ar an ionchur mór a bhí ag Éireannaigh sa tsochaí Astrálach, go háirithe san oideachas, sa chúram sláinte, san infrastruchtúr agus sa pholaitíocht. Dúirt an tUachtarán “is iomaí agus is casta scéalta imirce na nÉireannach a thaistil go dtí an Astráil thar na blianta agus na céadta bliain. Is scéalta iad a bhfuil dlúthcheangal idir ár dá thír cruthaithe acu, agus cairdeas a shíneann feadh na mílte míle atá eadrainn.” Inniu, tá níos mó ná 90,000 Éireannach ina gcónaí san Astráil agus maíonn 2 mhilliún Astrálach gur de bhunadh na hÉireann iad. Le linn na Cuairte Stáit, ghlac an tUachtarán buíochas leis na pobail Éireannacha san Astráil as “muintearas a dhéanamh” leis na rabhartaí nua inimirceach, agus dúirt gur cheart go dtabharfadh stair imirce mhuintir na hÉireann “tuiscint áirithe dúinn” ar chearta na n-imirceach sa lá atá inniu ann. Tharraing an tUachtarán aird, freisin, ar na ceangail idir an dá thír i réimsí an ghnó agus na turasóireachta, agus spreag sé fiontraithe Astrálacha le féachaint ar Éirinn mar dhroichead chuig an Aontas Eorpach agus mhol sé an obair atá á déanamh ag eagraíochtaí mar an ÚFT, Fiontraíocht Éireann agus Turasóireacht Éireann. Mar chuid den Chuairt Stáit, thug an tUachtarán aithisc i gcuid de na hollscoileanna is mó le rá sa tír. In Melbourne, rinne an tUachtarán machnamh ar na beartais eacnamaíochta a raibh tionchar acu ar chuid mhaith d’imirce luath na nÉireannach chuig an Astráil, agus in Sydney, labhair an tUachtarán ar an tábhacht a bhaineann le "admháil, ceistiú, athbhreithniú uaireanta, ach cuimhneamh i gcónaí, a dhéanamh maidir lenár stair chomhchoiteann, ar bhealach níos cuimsithí” chun go bhféadfaimis “tús a chur le todhchaí chomhroinnte a thógáil”. Mhol an tUachtarán an cairdeas idir Éire agus an Astráil, agus dúirt “Is féidir le dlúthchairde an bhearna ó thaobh ama agus spáis de a dhúnadh agus tuigeann siad a chéile, in ainneoin – nó de bharr, ba chóir a rá – a gcuid difríochtaí. " Tugann an físeán seo léargas achomair ar an gCuairt Stáit. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil, féach an rannán Dialann an Uachtaráin ar www.president.ie