Preface by Michael D. Higgins, Uachtaran na hEireann --
Introduction by Joachim Fischer and Fergal Lenehan --
I. EUROPEAN HISTORY AND MEMORY --
In Honour of Roger Casement Speech at the official state commemoration in honour of Roger Casement, Banna Strand, Ardfert, Co. Kerry, 21 April 2016 --
A Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Lrish Farmime : Paul Strzelecki’s Struggle to Save Thousands of Lives Speech at the official opening of a Polish exhibition on the Great Famine, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 8 May 2019 --
The Great Flu of 1918-19: Why Remember? Why Forget? Speech at a reception commemorating the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918-19, Aras an Uachtardin, 31 May 2019 --
Remembering the Holocaust Speech at the Holocaust Memorial Day Commmemoration 2020 Mansion House, Dublin, 26 January 2020 --
II. TOWARDS A SOCIAL EUROPE --
A New European Mind and the Need to Rejuvenate Discourse --
Speech at the launch of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in the New Political Economy of Europe, UCD, 28 March 2019 --
Trade Unions and the European Future Speech at the European Federation of Public Service Unions' Annual Congress, "Trade Unions and the Future', RDS, Dublin, 4 June 2019 --
Parliamentary Democracy in the European Union Speech at a reception for the European Association of Former Members of Parliament, Aras an Uachtardin, 9 June 2017 --
Solidarity in Europe: Achieving Authenticity on the European Street Lecture at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 10 May 2018 --
III. THINKING ABOUT EUROPE --
On the State of Democracy in Our Changing World The Aristotle Address 2019, the Stoa of Attalos at the Ancient Agora of Athens, 10 October 2019 --
Overcoming Disciplinary Boundaries Speech to the European Research Council, Iveagh House, Dublin, 12 October 2016. --
Ethical Challenges for the European Union Address at the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, 22 May 2017 --
The ldea of Home Speech at the Galway International Arts Festival, NUI Galway, 21 July 2018 --

IV. CONNECTING EUROPEAN CULTURES --
Of Greece and Ireland: An Ancient and Enduring Relationship Full of New Possibilities Lecture at the University of Athens, 23 February 2018 --
Pangur Ban Reception for Imogen Stuart to mark the installation of the sculpture
Pangur Ban, Aras an Uachtardin, 21 January 2020. --
Ireland and Germany Toast on the occasion of the state dinner hosted by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President ofthe Federal Republic of Germany, and
Ms Elke Bidenbender, Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, 3 July 2019 --
Ireland and the Netherlands Speech at a state dinner in honour of Their Majesties King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Aras an Uachtarain,
12 June 2019 --
Ireland and Sweden Speech at a state dinner in honour of Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Aras an Uachtardin, 22 May 2019 --
Ireland and Lithuania: Towards a Shared Future Within the European Union
Speech at the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 20 June 2018 --
Ireland and Croatia Speech at a state dinner in honour of Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic,
President of Croatia, Aras an Uachtardin, 3 April 2017 --
V. THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION --
Giving the European Union a Future That Will Engage Citizens :A Shared Challenge
Speech at the inaugural event of the Brexit Institute, Dublin City University, 25 January 2018 --
The Future of Europe: Re-Balancing Ecology, Economics and Ethics Speech at the University of Leipzig, 4 July 2019 --
Europe and Africa: Towards a New Relationship Webinar address to the Institute of International and European Affairs, Aras an Uachtardin, 1o June 2020 --
VI. A MULTILINGUAL EUROPE – TRANSLATIONS INTO IRISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN --
Pangur Ban Failte roimh Imogen Stuart chun suitedil na deilbhe, Pangur Ban,
in Aras an Uachtardin, 21 Eandir 2020 a chomoradh. --
Une certaine idee de < la maison > Discours prononce au Festival international des Arts de Galway (Galway International Arts Festival), NUI Galway, le 21 juillet 2018 --
Die Zukunft Europas: Okologie, Wirtschaft und Ethik - Eine neue Balance finden
Rede an der Universitat Leipzig, 4. Juli 2019 --
Postscript on the COVID-19 Crisis: Towards a Europe Resolute in Its Vindication of the Most Vulnerable Among Us From a letter to the President of the Hellenic Republic, 9 April 2020.