Overview
- Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina greeted Catherine Connolly and her husband Brian McEnery with hugs and handshakes, wished her "health and happiness," and spoke briefly in Irish.
- Connolly arrived with family and campaign staff, and the Connolly–McEnery family signed the visitors' book at the presidential residence.
- She will be sworn in as Ireland's tenth president on 11 November at Dublin Castle before moving into the Phoenix Park residence.
- Higgins departs after two seven-year terms and is set to return to his home in Galway.
- Connolly secured just over 63% of first-preference votes on the first count and has pledged to be a president for all and a voice for peace.