O’Driscoll’s Departure December 27, 2012: Yesterday we posted briefly on the passing of Dennis O'Driscoll. We hear today from the Belfast Telegraph that president Michael D. Higgins of Ireland has paid tribute to the poet. To add more context to his life and work, surf over to this article at the Irish Times by Eileen Battersby that begins: Civility, a word all too infrequently used, [...] by Harriet Staff