Almost a year may have passed since he wiped a Guinness moustache from his upper lip and hugged his eighth cousin, but it would appear Barack O’bama’s love of the auld sod isn’t waning.

THE Obama family dog, Bo, pottered lazily down the White House gardens clearly enjoying the sunshine on the first day of Spring.

PRESIDENT Barack O’bama received the traditional bowl of shamrock yesterday to mark St Patrick’s Day, but if you thought the leader of the free world might add it to his garden patch, forget it.

A SONG written by a Limerick group has struck a chord with US presidential election voters and sparked a bitter music industry row.

THE Clintons are not noted for inhaling, but the latest news of Barack Obama’s Irish roots must have been met with more than a sharp intake of breath.