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The football world has paid respects to Pele following the death of the Brazil great at the age of 82. Pele, who won the World Cup three times, died on Thursday having been in hospital in Sao Paulo since late November. As tributes poured in from ...

30 Dec 2022 at 08:50

National News

WATCH: Former President Obama confuses Scotland for Ireland at COP26

Barack Obama has confused Scotland and Ireland in his address speech at COP26 this week. Speaking at the climate change conference in Glasgow, The former US President said he was speaking in the "Emerald Isles" before quoting Shakespeare. Obama ...

09 Nov 2021 at 12:54

National News

US Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has Irish links but don't expect a visit

Ireland has a long association with US presidents, from John F Kennedy to Obama and most recently Joe Biden who visited Louth and Mayo tracing his roots just last year. A year is a long time in US politics especially and now Donald Trump, who ...

24 Jul 2024 at 08:32

National News

Bono woke up in Abraham Lincoln’s White House bedroom after drinking with Obama

Bono has recalled his eventful experience of drinking cocktails with Barack Obama at the White House. The Irish singer-songwriter and U2 frontman spoke to Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 about his experience of falling asleep in the US president’s ...

01 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Midland Tribune

OPINION (AN COLÚN): Remembering an historic day in Moneygall

A couple of weeks ago I walked the Rock of Loyer Loop which starts in Moneygall and rises up through pastureland above the village. It's a charming walk with extensive views of the undulating plains and the hills in the distance. At the ...

03 Sept 2022 at 19:38

National News

Barack Obama to be interviewed live on stage at London and Dublin events

Former US president Barack Obama is to be interviewed live on stage for two events in London and Dublin. The 63-year-old, who became the first black US president when he took office in 2009, will be interviewed by TV historian David ...

07 Jul 2025 at 10:00

National News

Biden cites Kennedy, Obama and Franklin in Irish parliament speech

Joe Biden followed in the footsteps of fellow Irish-Catholic president John F Kennedy when he addressed the Irish parliament, as he namechecked former US leaders during the course of his speech. The legacy of Mr Kennedy, who ...

13 Apr 2023 at 20:47

Midland Tribune

Offaly village's vibrant community is inspired by Obama

After all the excitment and hype of the President Obama visit in 2011, the Moneygall Development Association continues to tap into that excitement and energy and has been behind a large number of great projects in the ...

25 Feb 2022 at 19:41

Sport

‘The greatest of all time’ – Tributes paid after Pele dies aged 82

England World Cup winners Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Geoff Hurst joined the tributes as the football world paid respects to Pele following the death of the Brazil great at the age of 82. Pele, who won the World Cup ...

30 Dec 2022 at 06:16

Arts & Entertainment

Barack Obama names two Irish artists among his favourite songs of 2024

Former US President Barack Obama listed two Irish artists among his 25 favourite songs of 2024. Obama, who visited Ireland in 2011 to trace his Irish ancestry in Co Offaly, released the list over the weekend, days ...

23 Dec 2024 at 07:45

National News

Barack Obama accepts Freedom of the City of Dublin ‘with deep humility’

Barack Obama was presented with the Freedom of the City of Dublin at a clandestine ceremony in the Irish capital. The former US president said in a statement that he accepted the honour with “deep humility”. The ...

25 Sept 2025 at 20:32

National News

Hayes deserves chance to rebuild trust after ‘blackface’ apology, says Cairns

Social Democrats’ leader Holly Cairns has insisted her party colleague Eoin Hayes deserves a chance to regain people’s trust after he apologised for wearing “blackface” make-up. Ms Cairns indicated that Mr ...

16 Sept 2025 at 16:01

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