Hundreds of families have arrived at Áras an Uachtaráin this evening for the annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.

President Michael D Higgins is in Scotland with the UK's Prince of Wales to mark 10 years since he helped secure the future of an 18th century stately home.

My earliest memory is flicking through my mum’s Hello magazines.

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.

TWO of Ireland’s ancient clans — the FitzGeralds and the Kennedys — gave to the world the 35th president of the US, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

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.

A Columban priest who survived kidnapping in the Philippines was one of over 200 returned missionaries honoured at a ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Is Eamon Gilmore already Labour’s lost leader before a vote has been cast?

IT was a sudden switch from pomp to pig pen for the President yesterday.

Martin McGuinness has heaped praise on Britain’s Queen for the way she influences the peace process.

For their historic state visit to London, President Michael D Higgins and wife Sabina have both shown considerable sartorial flair.

A return to Ireland by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is looking increasingly likely after the success of President Michael D Higgins’ visit to London.

Haunted by more than 900 years of often bloody history, Windsor Castle was a fitting place to try and lay to rest the ghosts of a troubled past.

As Pope Francis arrives in Ireland, capture all the sights and sounds of the visit here.

Historian Catherine Corless, the Irish Coast Guard, crew of Rescue 116, rugby referee Joy Neville and campaigner Vera Twomey were among those honoured at tonight’s Rehab People of the Year Awards.

President Michael D Higgins was among the crowd at Cork Opera House last night for the first public screening of an episode of The Irish Revolution, a major documentary collaboration between UCC and RTÉ. Narrated by Cillian Murphy, the three-part adaptation of the hugely successful book, The Atlas of the Irish Revolution, begins on RTÉ One next Monday.

MICHAEL D HIGGINS has opened a “new chapter” for Ireland, saying it was time to leave behind a “failed” era of frustration, cynicism and anger.

“On the night it happened I was in my nan’s house. Gardaí came and my mam collected me and took me to my auntie’s house. I heard one of them saying my dad was in prison. I was very sad. I was heartbroken. I will always remember that night.”

With just 56% of women in Ireland breastfeeding, advocates want to raise awareness about unethical marketing practices in the infant feeding industry.