This morning
Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Her Excellency, Claire D. Cronin, Ambassador of the United States of America and part-time Aer Lingus cabin crew member presents her credentials to President Michael D Higgins.
Ms Cronin was a Democrat member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and her father was the son of an Irish immigrant from Inishowen, county Donegal.