Look at the iTunes Podcast Charts on any given day and the top shows in Ireland are either the 2 Johnnies or Blindboy. The former claims 250,000 listeners a week, while the latter has a Patreon with 5,000 listeners each paying $5 a month.

Being a royal isn’t easy, particularly when it comes to matters sartorial. Just ask Kate Middleton.

Maybe we aren’t so racist or misogynistic after all. Perhaps it is strength, hard work, and decency we value above hate, writes Joyce Fegan

The electorate has the chance to break the Republicans’ lock on government in possibly the most consequential midterm elections in US history, writes Elizabeth Drew AHEAD of this week’s US midterm elections, domestic

Michelle had already attended the Paris leg of the On The Run tour, where she was filmed dancing with the singer's mother, Tina Knowles Lawson.

The US National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

I’m writing this just a few dozen hours before Barack Obama steps down and I’m reminded of how often he and his wife seemed to talk about food.

Massive crowds of supporters and opponents of Donald Trump are gathering in Washington as the world prepares for an extraordinary inauguration ceremony.

"We’ve got one going out, pray for him and his family. And for the president going in, pray for him and his family to guide this nation."

Rachel Marie Walsh pinpoints the style highlights of 2016, from Michelle Obama in gold Versace to Kate Moss in McQueen

President-elect Donald Trump has said the United States should let China keep the navy unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea.

Donald Trump has vowed to spend some of the final hours of the presidential campaign in Democratic strongholds in a bid to pull off a shock in states that have not voted for a Republican in decades.

As we get ready to bid farewell to the Obamas, Peter Slevin wonders what’s next for the First Lady.

With his term coming to an end, US President Barack Obama has decided to have a little fun.

US President Barack Obama has started an extraordinary visit to Cuba, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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GOD be good to the poor Obamas abroad in the White House! 

US first lady Michelle Obama delighted a group of inner-city London schoolgirls with a personal message that education is “the ultimate key” and “the world needs more girls like you”.

BUTLERS, plumbers, doormen, florists, the executive pastry chef: these are just some of the hundreds of people that work at the White House for the President of the USA.

Thousands of people have gathered in Selma, Alabama, ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama at the 50th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement.

President Barack Obama has defended the US government’s willingness to cooperate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security despite deep concerns over human rights abuses.

Following her recent high-profile campaign blitz during the midterm elections, talk of Michelle Obama running for the US Senate is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, writes Bette Browne

An aide to a Republican congressman has resigned after her critical comments about US president Barack Obama’s daughters sparked a backlash.

Three schoolgirls from Kinsale have been listed by Time magazine as among the 25 Most Influential Teens of the Year.

The annual September 11 commemoration ceremony in the US has started with the tolling of a bell and a moment of silence.

A Wicklow car hire service was paid over €82,000 ($114,000) to ferry around the US first lady, her two daughters, and entourage during a short visit to Dublin last June.

There's something inexplicably adorable about Michael D Higgins queuing up to get some cash from the hole in the wall…

Michelle Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, isn’t ruling out using plastic surgery or Botox in the future.

Her physical presence transcends fashion and projects natural power. Her easy warmth and confidence seem unlimited, as is her ability to connect with ordinary people. As Michelle Obama turns 50, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the First Lady

As far as the crisis in the global economy goes, Pope Francis has been a breath of fresh air.

Watch out, Bo – there’s a new dog in town.

As the Obamas and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth can all testify, Irish people are still considered to be among the friendliest in the world.

Nelson Mandela has made “dramatic progress” and may be going home “any time soon” his daughter said as the former South African president celebrates his 95th birthday today.

WE all know the Obamas were in Ireland. We all know what the Obamas ate.

US President Barack Obama flies to South Africa today hoping to pay homage to Nelson Mandela, who is critically ill in hospital.

Matt Cooper (Opinion, Jun 21) doesn’t actually say so, but he does imply that the visit of the Obama ladies to Dublin was a disaster.

The Taoiseach and sections of the media may want to pull the wool over people’s eyes, but in reality, Obama is no friend of the Irish people, writes Clare Daly

I WAS guilty too, like most of the media, and I’m sorry.

Fifty years after Ireland’s love affair with US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the country is now in thrall to yet another Irish-American president, Barack Obama, and today’s first family of the US — wife Michelle and their daughters, 14-year-old Malia and 12-year-old Sasha.

It was meant to be a private affair but for once it wasn’t Bono’s megaphone voice that gave the game away.

As Ireland said farewell to the Obamas, a Co Limerick town was yesterday making final preparations to welcome the Kennedy clan.

US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters have enjoyed a private guided tour of the Wicklow Mountains National Park as their whistlestop tour of Ireland draws to a close.

Failte Ireland has said the Obama's trip to Glendalough today is the perfect postcard image of Ireland for the US tourist market.