It’s difficult but not impossible to see this year’s race to the White House becoming a more puerile spectacle than the one that was on show this past week.

Ms Burke is among 15 women featured on the cover of the iconic magazine as "trailblazing changemakers".

The best of August’s beauty buys are about easy looks and peace of mind, writes Rachel Marie Walsh.

Maybe we aren’t so racist or misogynistic after all. Perhaps it is strength, hard work, and decency we value above hate, writes Joyce Fegan

The best non-fiction books for the summer transport you from the White House to Hollywood and from pristine greens at Augusta to sweaty gyms in Belfast. Richard Fitzpatrick dips between the covers

Here are this summer's fact and fiction top reads chosen by Richard Fitzpatrick and Marjorie Brennan.

The list also includes big names such as Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and BBC America’s Killing Eve.

We're ready for a weekend of binging chocolate and tv.

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama’s best-selling autobiography helped boost revenue last year at German media giant Bertelsmann to the highest in more than a decade.

Research has found two thirds of women in Ireland have felt stereotyped because of being a mother. A further on in ten admit to feeling stereotyped all the time..

Dubray Books is planning to expand its shop numbers and upgrade its online offering after a strong year.

The Hodges Figgis book store in Dublin is the second best performing across the 183 outlets owned by Waterstones, its managing director James Daunt has said.

According to a text message, which Obama shared on her Instagram, Robinson seemed more interested in whether she had met any “real stars”.

It’s that time of year when the latest batch of sports tomes stack up like Jurgen Klopp celebratory memes on a Twitter feed so it’s unlikely that Michelle Obama’s latest literary offering, Becoming, will be afforded much time here. What has caught our eye, though, was the former First Lady’s appearance in London this week, writes Brendan O'Brien.

Pat Fitzpatrick and Catherine Shanahan discuss raising their daughters in the midst of a critical moment in feminism.

Michelle had already attended the Paris leg of the On The Run tour, where she was filmed dancing with the singer's mother, Tina Knowles Lawson.

When I realised the date of the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment might clash with a work commitment in London, I immediately set about organising a postal vote, writes Louise O’Neill.

Accumulated profits at one of the country’s best-known booksellers, Dubray Books increased to over €1.38m last year.

Behold, Stormy Daniels is risen! From behind an unsigned — therefore legally invalid — non-disclosure agreement, the porn star walks amongst men, making the orangest one squirm and quake in his handmade shoes.

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She has never told her story at length.

The US National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

The British, it is said, are a pragmatic people, the Irish a nation of dreamers. The British think (and govern) in prose, the Irish in poetry. The British are interested in concrete results, the Irish concentrate on process writes Fergus Finlay.

Among the famous faces who also posed were of course her daughter Blue Ivy and former Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

SHEILA O’Flanagan has decamped to her summer home outside Alicante. But while the summer sun is pouring down outside, her mind is on a white winter.

Melania Trump is planning to lead the US delegation to the Invictus Games in Toronto in September.

As Valerie June gets ready for gigs in Leap and Cork City, she tells Ed Power about the influences that have fed into her music

Accompanying her husband on his first international trip, Mrs Trump stepped off Air Force One conservatively dressed in long sleeves and trousers to conform to the strict dress code that Saudi Arabia enforces for its female citizens.

Still reeling from the decision to make Wonder Woman a UN ambassador for gender equality, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the real wonder women of our time.

Newsflash: strobing is not just for faces. Lisa Haynes reveals how to highlight from top-to-toe.

Professional communications advice would help the first lady avoid embarrassing mistakes, argues PR expert Kara Alaimo

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Rachel Marie Walsh pinpoints the style highlights of 2016, from Michelle Obama in gold Versace to Kate Moss in McQueen

US first lady Michelle Obama has told Oprah Winfrey that the past election was "painful".