{"id":8086,"date":"2019-06-20T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T14:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:24:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:24:27","slug":"outgoing-psni-chief-meets-president-higgins-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing PSNI Chief Meets President Higgins in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43638274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43638274.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43638274-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The outgoing police chief of Northern Ireland has visited President Michael D Higgins at his official residence in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Retiring chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland George Hamilton, who was awarded a knighthood in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honors earlier this month, was greeted by President Higgins at the Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sir George announced on social media in January that he is to leave his post at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Following his meeting with President Higgins, Sir George posted on Twitter: \u201cHonored to spend the morning with President Michael D Higgins in Aras an Uachtarain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA privilege to both listen and learn from his wise words on various issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sincere thank you to and his team for their hospitality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for President Higgins said: \u201cPresident Higgins hosted a courtesy call with the chief constable of the PSNI.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-8086\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-8086\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-8086\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8086\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outgoing police chief of Northern Ireland has visited President Michael D Higgins at his official residence in Dublin. 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