President Michael D Higgins opened the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway.
Speaking at the opening of the centre, the President appealed to universities to “re-dedicate themselves to originality of thought and a commitment to humanistic values in teaching”.
The President said that “creativity, properly understood, requires a commitment to work, scholarship, authenticity, and an integrity that makes a real demand on its user, that is if the word is not to be reduced to the rhetorical, or even become an advertising slogan”.
You can read the President's speech by clicking on the link below.
