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

TEARS were shed in pride and jubilation as President Barack Obama enchanted the nation in a powerful outdoor address.

US president Barack Obama told Ireland he was home tonight in an electrifying open-air address topped off with his world-famous motto.

A woman who spoke on the telephone to the most powerful man in the world after his Dublin address told him it was an honour.