It’s the little things that make us that these days.

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.

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.

“You ain’t Barack and Michelle Obama".

You don’t need to be a scout or an outdoor enthusiast to learn how to light fires without a match, build a shelter from basic materials or cook under the open sky, says Áilín Quinlan.           

Obama’s daughters famously rolled their eyes at their father’s attempts to crack a joke on stage. Dave Robbins knows how Barack feels — his daughter is 10 and already he’s been dubbed an ‘embarrassing dad’. 

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US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have announced they have made progress on nuclear cooperation and climate change.

The images of Barack Obama urging peace alongside footage of angry protesters shows the yawning gap between substance and symbolism, writes Peniel Joseph

Mud-slinging and auction politics eclipsed the more traditional sports at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday.

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen struck again when Carla Bianca landed the featured Naas Oaks Trial in Naas last night.

A new video from Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic.

Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people, and abducted the wife and children of a retired police officer in north-east Nigeria over the weekend as as an international effort got underway to rescue 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants.

Obama gift mistakenly find its way to woman’s home

Willie Mullins added to a terrific a weekend when Twinlight was far too good for his rivals in the Grade 2 Kerry Group Hilly Way Chase at Cork yesterday.

Pre-tax profits at Ireland’s largest domestically owned fast-food restaurant chain Supermacs increased by 6% to €5.35m last year.

Straight-talking Dr Pixie McKenna is unflappable on Channel 4 TV show, Embarrassing Fat Bodies, but off-screen the Cork native is fearful of the health implications of the expanding Irish waistline.

There is a rule in the Obama family that whenever Sasha, 12, and Malia, 14, travel, they have to write an assignment about their adventures.

FIRST lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama touched down in Dublin yesterday for an official visit to the Republic with her daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12.

Michelle Obama told Irish young people that “we are just like you” on the first of her two-day visit to Ireland with her daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12.

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Barack might be a busy man next month when he pops over for the G8 summit in Fermanagh.

With the news that Michelle Obama is heading for these parts when Barack attends a G8 summit in the north next month, rumours are inevitably abound that the First Lady will return to Moneygall with the couple’s two daughters in tow.

Justin Timberlake performed for Barack and Michelle Obama at the White House last night.

IN October, US first lady Michelle Obama said she wasn’t thinking about what she might do in the future.

Denzel Washington is flattered he is the Obamas' favourite actor.

World leaders hailed President Barack Obama’s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the United States on fighting the world economic slump and maintaining security across the globe.

President Barack Obama’s re-election erased the last major threat to his signature healthcare reform law, but left questions about implementation as the focus shifts to tackling the mounting US deficit.

Voters in Oklahoma approved an amendment to the state’s constitution to end affirmative action programmes in state government that had been designed to increase the hiring of minorities and women in the state’s 115 agencies.

Florida Democrat Earl K Wood and Alabama Republican Charles Beasley won their elections but will not take office.

It was not just a victory for President Barack Obama, it was validation for the number-crunchers and statistical model geeks, including a New York Times blogger who became a target for conservatives.

Four more beers — the Offaly publican who poured a pint for US President Barack Obama last year has offered him a free drink on his next visit to Ireland.

Irish President Michael D Higgins has told his newly re-elected US counterpart Barack Obama he hopes bilateral relations between the countries will prosper during his second term in office.

President Obama told supporters his win “wasn’t fate and it wasn’t an accident”.

US President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will campaign together next week in three of the most competitive battleground states.

Rock Critic might make his listed race breakthrough in the corkracecourse.ie Navigation Stakes in Cork today.

Bill Clinton is there for Obama in Charlotte. But the big-tent, business-friendly wing of the party he built is long gone. Peter J Boyer looks at how the death of Clintonism could be a major hurdle for the president