Michael D Higgins re-elected as Irish President after landslide election victory

Michael D Higgins will serve a second term after winning 822,566 of the votes

The 77-year-old poet and professor, from Limerick, was first elected in 2011

Opinion polls throughout campaign placed Mr Higgins as the favourite to win

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