Higgins laments 'exclusion' of women from history

President Michael D Higgins greets Mannix Flynn before they both took part in The Theatre of Memory Symposium in the Abbey theatre yesterday. Photo: Frank Mc Grath

Sophie Gorman Arts Editor

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has spoken about how women have been excluded from Ireland's history and collective memory.

Presenting the inaugural keynote address at the three-day Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre, he said: "There have been exclusions, most notably of women, such as Eva Gore Booth.