Overview
- Connolly took the Declaration of Office in Irish, received the Seal of Office from Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell and was honored with a 21‑gun salute at Dublin Castle.
- As Supreme Commander, she inspected a Defence Forces guard of honour while an Air Corps flypast took place over the castle.
- In her inaugural speech, she prioritized peace, neutrality, climate action and Irish language revival, condemned the normalization of war and genocide, and pledged that Irish would have first place as a working language in the Áras.
- Former presidents Michael D. Higgins, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese attended alongside Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, while Deputy First Minister Emma Little‑Pengelly did not attend due to Remembrance events.
- On her first full day in office, she is visiting Gaelscoil Inse Chór in Dublin, the Trim Resource Centre in Meath and Merlin Park Community Nursing Units in Galway, following an election won with about 63% of first preferences and marked by 213,738 spoiled ballots.