Today is the last day in office for Ireland's President Mary McAleese. Extremely popular and well liked, she has served two terms in the office, winning unexpectedly during her first election, and then running unopposed for her second. She carried out her last official state function today, helping to open up a brand new homeless center within Dublin. The homeless center is run by an organization that also ran the homeless shelter in Belfast where McAleese used to wash dishes as a teenager. She will move out of the Áras an Uachtaráin this evening, while President-Elect Michael D. Higgins will be sworn in to office tomorrow at Dublin Castle. As a highly popular and important figure, McAleese will be the subject of an upcoming post.
Photo from the Irish Times news story:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1110/breaking5.html
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