Causes for Concern collects some of Michael D. Higgins' best and most insightful writing on Irish society, culture, human rights and the larger context of Ireland in Europe and the wider world. Also available in hardback.
While four of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation were poets, you would be hard pressed to find the same number in today's Dáil chamber. A man who fits the bill as poet and politician is Michael D. Higgins, perhaps one of the few public representatives today who enjoys widespread respect across all political hues. Causes for Concern covers some aspects of Michael D's early personal history, Irish politics, culture and broadcasting, global politics, and the human condition. Drawing on material produced over more than forty years, Michael D. Higgins discusses the Irish political system, the role of the Left, Nicaragua and South American politics, Irish film, his own personal journey, and the issue of human rights and the best ways to protect them. In the extensive section on Ireland and the Global Community there are pieces on Turkey, Iraq, Somalia and Lebanon amongst others, which are sure to be of interest to any observer of international relations and Ireland's role therein. The book features an extensive foreword by commentator and writer Declan Kiberd.
About the author: As well as forging a successful political career, Michael D. Higgins is an author, poet and broadcaster. He presented a television film on Montserrat, The Other Emerald Isle. He also presented a documentary on the life of Dr Noel Browne for RTÉ, Dr Browne Also Spoke. He has had three volumes of poetry published, most recently An Arid Season, and has been included in a number of anthologies. He is the author of Causes for Concern: Irish Politics, Culture and Society, also published by Liberties Press, and has contributed chapters to over twenty publications, and was a columnist for Hot Press from 1982 until 1993.
Higgins has campaigned for human rights and written about conflict in many parts of the world. He became the first recipient of the Seán MacBride Peace Prize of the International Peace Bureau in Helsinki in 1992, and has twice been mayor of Galway. Michael D. is the candidate for the presidency of Ireland and is nominated by the Labour Party. He was born in Limerick, moved to County Clare when he was five and currently resides in Galway.
ISBN: 9781905483297
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