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

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’. 

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”.

Barack Obama says the US would “walk away” from nuclear talks with Iran if there’s no acceptable deal.

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.

A man has come forward to say he was responsible for the drone that crashed in the White House grounds.

A device, possibly an unmanned aerial drone, was found on the White House grounds during the middle of the night while President Barack Obama and the first lady were in India – but his spokesman said that it posed no threat.

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

Even the President isn't immune from eye-rolls.

Even the President of the United States isn’t safe from the teenage eye-roll and disdainful arm-crossing.

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

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.

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.

US First Lady Michelle Obama is planning a week-long visit to China this month, her first trip to the Asian economic powerhouse.

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

AS the mother of a teenager who has the allergy reaction, anaphylaxis, I was shocked by the tragic story of Emma Sloan, who died on the street in Dublin after a Christmas meal with her family.

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

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A smartphone tilted at 45 degrees above your eyeline is the most forgiving angle, against the flattering beam of a backlit window or a supernova of flash reflected in a bathroom mirror, as you prepare for a night out.

President Barack Obama challenged young Africans to fulfill the legacy of South Africa’s beloved former leader Nelson Mandela.

President Barack Obama is to announce a new initiative to double access to electric power in sub-Saharan Africa, part of his effort to build on the legacy of equality and opportunity forged by his personal hero, Nelson Mandela.

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

The comments in the Dáil yesterday by Independent Deputy Clare Daly about the welcome accorded to President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two children — Sasha and Malia — were as offensive and ill-judged as they were contemptible.

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

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.

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.

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.

Michelle Obama rounds off the family’s whistle-stop trip to Ireland today with a visit to one of the country’s famous national parks.

She’s married to the most powerful man in the world and is used to eating haute cuisine with heads of state.

To Sasha Obama it looked like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft.

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.

Symbolically, two faces of Ireland, one positive the other negative, were reflected in yesterday’s historic visit of President Barack Obama to Belfast and the opening of the G8 summit in Co Fermanagh.

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.

Mary Regan, Political Correspondent

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

The US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters will arrive in Dublin today for a two-day visit.

I bags the top bunk! World leaders faced a tussle for the two top suites at the Lough Erne Resort ahead of the G8 summit, which begins today.

US First Lady Michelle Obama will address a group of young Irish people this evening, who have been selected to join her and her daughters Malia,14, and Sasha,12, for a performance of Riverdance at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre.

Sasha and Malia Obama have shown poise and grace while growing up in the public eye. As they visit Ireland, Rachel Marie Walsh looks at their Mum-influenced fashion choices

US President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle and their daughters will tour Dublin during the G8 summit.

Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha will explore her Irish heritage during a visit to Trinity College in Dublin on Monday.