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.

Even the President's daughters want to brag about their Irish roots.

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

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.

THE last time an original work by Sean Scully was sold at auction in Ireland was in 2008, according to Morgan O’Driscoll.

Barack Obama's Irish relative, Henry Healy, has said he is confident of another Presidential visit to Ireland.

A musician is on a mission to raise the nation’s spirits with an uplifting anthem.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has added his congratulations to US PresidentBarack Obama on his re-election.

President Obama's distant relative Henry Healy from Moneygall in Co Offaly has welcomed the US election result.

For many residents of Moneygall, the Irish ancestral home of Barack Obama, they are not just hoping he is re-elected — they are relying on it.

President Obama marks his 51st birthday today and his relatives in Moneygall, Co. Offaly will celebrate the occasion too.

US President Barack Obama’s eighth cousin Henry Healy became a casualty of the economic downturn yesterday after losing his job of seven years.

The heat was getting to nearly everyone in and around Leinster House as the yes and no sides battled for control with just a few days left before voters go to the polls.

Barack Obama has expressed surprise that Ireland is only now introducing a household tax.

The Corona Cork Film Festival showcases the work of cutting edge artists, writes Colette Sheridan.

HAPPY Birthday, Mr President — the words famously purred by Marilyn Monroe to US president John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday in 1962.

THEY call him No Drama Obama but that was before the theatrics at Moneygall.

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle both hugged his distant cousin Henry Healy on the street outside Obama's ancestral home in Moneygall, Co Offaly.

TENS of thousands are expected to greet President Barack Obama at a free rally in College Green in Dublin next Monday.

Residents in US President Barack Obama's ancestral home in Ireland queued for up to six hours to secure a "golden ticket" to see his homecoming today.

SECURITY plans for US President Barack Obama’s 24-hour visit next week will include up to 50 body scanners, which will be used to screen members of the public at a staged event on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

An entrepreneur is trying to buck the recession and capitalise on President Barack Obama’s visit to his ancestral village of Moneygall, Co Offaly by designing commemorative T-shirts.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has been officially invited to Cork by University College Cork (UCC) who sent an invite to the White House on Monday.

THE people of Moneygall believe an American presidential visit will change forever their place in history, and it is hard to argue otherwise.

Ireland's US ambassador is expected to speak with US President Barack Obama within weeks about a possible visit to his ancestral home in Co Offaly, it emerged tonight.

Barack Obama’s ancestral Irish homestead could be transformed into a museum or heritage centre to welcome the President-elect to Ireland should he visit in the future.

OFFALY is getting ready for an official visit from the most powerful man in the world.

BEFORE last year, the most famous descendant of Moneygall, Co Offaly, was Papillon, the horse that won the Aintree Grand National in 2000.

The Offaly village of Moneygall - home to Barack Obama’s ancestors - threw a celebration party tonight in a local pub in anticipation of his victory in the US presidential election.