Moneygall man puts his shirt on Obama

AN entrepreneur is trying to buck the recession and capitalise on President Barack Obama’s visit to his Irish ancestral village by designing commemorative T-shirts.

Billy Hayes has set up shop in Moneygall, Co Offaly, to print and sell the keepsakes with a variety of logos including “What’s the Craic Barack” and “Is féidir linn” — Irish for “Yes we can”.

Obama-fever is sweeping the village with locals repairing pavements and painting houses ahead of the president’s arrival later this month.