Michael D Higgins is following in the footsteps of Bill Clinton and JFK this lunchtime as he's awarded the freedom of Limerick in a ceremony at the city's Milk Market.
In 2012, President Higgins was awarded a civic reception by Clare County Council while the following year he was also honoured as a freeman of Ennis.
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Though born in Limerick in 1941, and spent much of his childhood in Ballycar near Newmarket on Fergus.
