Irish president Michael D Higgins has spent a second night in hospital as he receives treatment for an infection. Mr Higgins, 84, was admitted to St James's Hospital in Dublin on Sunday afternoon for an examination and put on a course of antibiotics. A spokesman said on Monday that the president's medical team noted there was a "significant improvement" since he started on the antibiotics and he had agreed to stay in hospital in line with medical advice. "The president, who is in good spirits,

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