Michael D Higgins and wife Sabina pop into favourite Galway restaurant for first meal back home
The restaurant was delighted to welcome the former President
Michael D Higgins posed for photographs(Image: Thai Garden Galway)
After 14 years living in the Áras as President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have been seen enjoying local Galway cuisine.
The Former President and First Lady were spotted out at their favourite Galway restaurant, Thai Garden Galway.
We’re not sure what the former President and Sabina ordered, but no doubt they enjoyed it.
Posting on Instagram, the folks at Thai Garden Galway said: “We are delighted to welcome Michael and Sabina Higgins back to Galway and especially Thai Garden. It’s always an honour to have you with us. Welcome home, Gaillimh Abú.”
Meanwhile, details surrounding President Michael D. Higgins’ Galway properties have come to light following a recent interview where he was questioned about the ongoing housing crisis.
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The former Irish President previously made an appearance on The Blindboy Podcast, discussing the root causes and potential solutions for the escalating issue of homelessness in Ireland.
Mr. Higgins is known to own several properties across Ireland, including two homes in Galway that were recently valued at over €1 million combined.
The two distinct properties are located on Circular Road (valued at €700,000), which is the family home built in 1990, and Sylvan Road (valued at €370,000), purchased by Higgins and his wife in August 2014.
However, in 2020, the Sylvan Road property was sold for approximately €470,000. A Bank of Ireland loan is registered against this property, and its sale within seven years of purchase granted the President a tax break.
Previously, former President Higgins had a property portfolio estimated to be worth around €1.5million, inclusive of his Dublin residence.
Mr Higgins and his wife acquired their house in Grattan Hall on Mount Street in Dublin back in the 1990s, which is currently believed to be worth around €300,000.
In 2022, the former President voiced his frustration at Ireland’s housing ‘disaster’, labelling it as ‘our great, great, great failure’.
When asked about his thoughts on people living in emergency accommodation in 2022, he shared with the podcast: “It isn’t a solution… What you need is to have the experience of a home in a house, but it isn’t essential to own it.”
“We should just actually have a surplus of housing, so that you have ones that are available to be filled. And that is possible, and it is possible for that to come to be in the future. I hope it does.”
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