AS the admittedly dubious claim goes, there’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama. Unless, it seems, you’re a 90-year-old Greek-born member of the British royal family whose name is Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh.

BARACK OBAMA has proclaimed himself Irish and told the country it can and will recover from the current crisis, declaring: “Is féidir linn.”

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.

US President Barack Obama will visit his ancestral home and follow in the steps of some of his predecessors when he touches down in Ireland on Monday.

There is little pause for the security forces this weekend as the successful Queen's visit ends, and the trip of US President Barack Obama comes into view.

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.

KEY travel and lifestyle media from Britain and the US here to cover the historic visits by the British Queen and US President Barack Obama will help generate up to €150 million in positive publicity worldwide, tourism chiefs predicted.

A converted Muslim is being questioned by detectives over alleged threats to kill US president Barack Obama during his trip to Ireland.

HOPES that US President Barack Obama will visit Cork this month are fading fast.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will definitely make a public address in Dublin as part of his whirlwind visit to Ireland on May 23, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

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.

GOOGLE, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel and Citibank are some of the US firms being courted for a showcase to mark the visit of US President Barack Obama next month.

Supermac’s today announced the development of a €7m ‘travel plaza’ in Moneygall, Co Offaly.

The Government has dismissed reports that US President Barack Obama will spend just five hours in Ireland.

US President Barack Obama cannot cross the border into the North during his Irish trip unless he first travels to London, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

Prince Albert II of Monaco will make a two-day State visit to Ireland next week.

BACK-TO-BACK state visits will take place at the end of May, with US President Barack Obama likely to arrive on the 21st — just a day after the Queen of England departs.

Ireland toasted the inauguration of Barack Obama as US president tonight with whiskey, bread and even a radio station renamed in his honour.

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.

BARACK OBAMA would consider whether a special US envoy to the north was still necessary if elected president, a statement from the Democratic candidate said yesterday.

Barack Obama would consider whether a special US envoy to the North was still necessary if elected president, a statement from the Democratic candidate said today.

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s ancestry has been traced back to a shoemaker in a small Irish village.