I Will Be A President For All

Ireland Has Made Its Choice For The Future And It Has Chosen The Version Of Irishness It Will Build. I Know, And I Will Work With Head And Heart To Be Part Of It With All Of You In Creating That Future One In Which All Of Us Can Be Part Of And Part Of Us Too.

Every Age, After All, Must Have Its Own Aisling And Dream Of A Better, Kinder, Happier, Shared World.

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.

We Need To Discuss The Basis Of A New Form Of Trust Built On A Meaningful Form Of Citizenship Appropriate For A Republic.

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.