Irish President Michael D Higgins has spent the evening in hospital to have a localised an infection examined.
President Higgins travelled to St James’s Hospital in Dublin by association on Sunday and has began a course of antibiotics to deal with the an infection.
In an up to date assertion on Monday, a spokesperson stated the president’s medical crew have “famous a big enchancment” for the reason that therapy commenced and “according to their recommendation, the president has agreed to stay in hospital to proceed the course of antibiotics”.
Higgins will stay in workplace till Catherine Connolly’s inauguration in Dublin Fort on 11 November.
He had congratulated his successor after her landslide election win on the weekend.
The unbiased TD (member of Irish parliament) secured 914,143 first desire votes (63%) – a file in Irish presidential election historical past.
Nevertheless, politicians have stated the unprecedented variety of 213,738 spoiled votes must be addressed.
Connolly was formally declared because the elected tenth president of the Republic of Eire on Saturday night at Dublin Fort, after defeating Positive Gael’s Heather Humphreys.
