Tá scéala agam ó Cheann Comhairimh Toghcháin an Uachtaráin á chur in iúl dom go ndearna sé, inniu, a dhearbhú Dr. Patrick J. Hillery a bheith tofa ina Uachtarán ar Éirinn.
I have received a communication from the Presidential Returning Officer informing me that he had, today, declared Dr. Patrick J. Hillery to have been elected President of Ireland.