This week, he will formally hand over the reins as leader of the State when president-elect Catherine Connolly is inaugurated as the newest first citizen of Ireland.

What legacy does President Higgins leave behind? Where does he go next? And what are the biggest wins and losses of his time in Áras an Uachtaráin?

Today on the Indo Daily, Tabitha Monahan is joined by Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis Ireland, and by Ireland Editor for the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan, to remember some of President Higgins’s standout moments and look at what happens now as Catherine Connolly prepares to take residency in the Áras.

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