Interview with Michael D. Higgins, Minister of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht between 1993 and 1997

Michael D. Higgins was the first minister of Culture in Ireland. A socialist cum criminologist cum poet, he is an outstanding figure on the Irish political scene. This interview aims at revealing the rationale of the creation of this Government department in Ireland and the role of intellectual and political justifications in the negotiations accompanying this initiative.Alexandra Dilys-Slaby : To what extent were your notions of culture and cultural policy accepted by the rest of the governm...