President Michael D Higgins has apologised to the chairperson of the Government’s Forum on International Policy for a “throwaway remark”.
During an interview with the Business Post newspaper, President Higgins expressed reservations about the Government’s Consultative Forum on International Security Policy, which will start in Cork later this week.
Referencing the forum’s chairperson Louise Richardson, Mr Higgins said she was a “person with a very large DBE – Dame of the British Empire”.
