I Am Delighted With The Strong Vote

I Am Delighted To Be Back Home In Galway, The Place I First Came To As A 19-year-old In 1960. It's Here Where My Heart Is And Will Forever Be.

Now It Is Time To Turn To An Older Wisdom That, While Respecting Material Comfort And Security As A Basic Right Of All, Also Recognises That Many Of The Most Valuable Things In Life Cannot Be Measured.

Making An Irishness To Be Proud Of In A Real Republic. It Is The Vision Of A Real Republic Where Life And Language, Where Ideals And Experience Have The Ring Of Authenticity Which We Need Now As We Go Forward.

When I Started Out, People Were Afraid Of Parish Priests. Now They're Afraid Of Newspaper Editors.

The Presidency Is An Independent Office And The Irish People Whom I Appreciate So Much And I Take With Such Responsibility Have Given A Very Clear Mandate On A Very Clear Set Of Ideas To Me, As The Ninth President.