Michelle Obama
# michelle-obama - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Video: Smoke bomb sparks White House lockdown
Hundreds of Occupy protesters had gathered outside of the gates after marching on the US Capitol.
# michelle-obama - Sunday 15 January, 2012
Ethics and e-voting: The week in quotes
Did they really say that? TheJournal.ie’s review of the week in words.
# michelle-obama - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Michelle Obama joins Twitter, hits 1,000 followers in an hour
US First Lady joins Barack Obama on Twitter – will they become America’s Tweethearts? (Sorry.)
Michelle Obama: I’m not an “angry black woman”
The First Lady has hit back at assertions in a new book, which said her behaviour caused tensions in the White House.
# michelle-obama - Monday 9 January, 2012
Slideshow: 6 things you didn’t know about Michelle Obama
A new book lifts the lid on the First Lady’s life inside the White House…
# michelle-obama - Thursday 5 January, 2012
WATCH: ESPN pundit Jon Gruden mistakes US First Lady for a sideline reporter
Clemson’s play-calling system uses pictures of famous people. Very famous people indeed.
# michelle-obama - Thursday 22 December, 2011
# michelle-obama - Monday 12 December, 2011
Michelle Obama sets world record… for star-jumps
The First Lady helps to shatter the previous world record for the most people performing jumping jacks in a 24-hour window.
# michelle-obama - Sunday 11 December, 2011
The most important people of the last 14 years* (slideshow)
*According to the new edition of the Chambers Biographical Dictionary, these include Brian Cowen, the founders of Twitter and Cheryl Cole.
# michelle-obama - Friday 18 November, 2011
Man charged with trying to assassinate Obama thought he was ‘the antichrist’
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist, according to court documents and those who knew him
# michelle-obama - Tuesday 28 June, 2011
Michelle Obama feels “connection” with Moneygall
The First Lady spoke of what she experienced during her family’s visit to Moneygall in May.
# michelle-obama - Saturday 28 May, 2011
“I finished the pint, so if anybody asks!” – a behind the scenes look at Obama’s Ireland visit
Watch how Enda Kenny praises Michelle Obama’s “lovely” writing, Obama sinks his pint and practices his cúpla focal prior to his rousing speech on College Green.
# michelle-obama - Wednesday 25 May, 2011
Obama mocks that awkward moment he toasted Queen Elizabeth – alone
Video: Obama wasn’t deterred from continuing his toast by the British national anthem, but seems to have realised something was amiss when he was the only one raising his glass.
How to eat like a President: grilled chicken and brown rice
Details of the US President’s menu requirements during his stay at the five star Merrion Hotel have emerged.
Jetlagged and windswept, the Obamas’ European tour battles on
On the second leg of their European tour, the US President temporarily loses three years, while his wife struggles to hold onto her hair…and her dress.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Expert disputes Ryanair’s claims that it sent a plane through the ashcloud; the joy the Irish man who died on Everest never got to share; and Brian O’Driscoll snapped with his trophy wife.
# michelle-obama - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
All the news of the day you might have missed…
How do you do? The Obamas check in at Buckingham Palace
As they begin a three-day state visit to the UK, the Obamas meet the royal newly-weds and trade stories from Ireland with the Queen, allegedly.
Obama leaves country whose ‘best days are still ahead’ as he begins UK visit
Barack Obama and his wife arrived in London last night, leaving behind a country that fell in love with them in a matter of hours. He begins a three-day state visit to the UK today where he will meet Queen Elizabeth, fresh from her own Irish trip.
# michelle-obama - Monday 23 May, 2011
Obama speaks in Dublin: “Never has a nation so small inspired so much in another”
At College Green, Dublin, this evening, the US president spoke warmly of the enduring “friendship and shared values” that continue to support a close relationship between the US and Ireland.
Take 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Thousands gather in Dublin city hours ahead of Obama’s presidential address
The US president performing at today’s event which will also feature music from Irish acts including Westlife, Jedward and Sharon Shannon.
Obama’s Irish visit: A timeline
The impromptu hurley jokes; the emotional speeches; the bad hair day. We’ve got it all in our minute-by-minute timeline of this historic day.
Wheels down: Obama arrives for 24-hour flying visit
Air Force One touches down at 9:28am, carrying Barack and Michelle Obama to Ireland ahead of a trip to the Áras.
# michelle-obama - Friday 20 May, 2011
Take 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# michelle-obama - Thursday 19 May, 2011
Confirmed: Obama to hold public event at Dublin’s College Green
The President and First Lady will join Enda Kenny at a free-entry public event next Monday, the government confirms.
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the news of the day you might have missed…
Obama to hold an outdoor rally at College Green
Plans for the visit of the US President are beginning to take shape – he’s expected to speak for 15 or 20 minutes to a crowd at College Green on Monday evening.
# michelle-obama - Wednesday 4 May, 2011
Take 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Michelle Obama does Dougie (the dance)
US First Lady shows how to get down with the kids.
# michelle-obama - Wednesday 20 April, 2011
New air traffic control rules after Michelle Obama’s plane aborts landing
Flight carrying US first lady was forced to abort a landing after air traffic controllers mistakenly allowed the place come too close to a military plane.
# michelle-obama - Wednesday 16 February, 2011
Michelle Obama calls for removal of breastfeeding barriers at work
The lack of appropriate places for nursing women to express milk at work leads to fewer continuing with breastfeeding – which is linked to higher rates of obesity, says Obama.
# michelle-obama - Saturday 6 November, 2010
Slideshow: Barack Obama and wife Michelle begin visit to India
On the first day of his state visit to India, US President Barack Obama has announced a number of new trade deals with Indian businesses and government.
# michelle-obama - Thursday 7 October, 2010
Is Michelle Obama really the world’s most powerful woman?
List-loving magazine Forbes explains that they are “redefining the idea of power as influence” after they put US First Lady top of their 100 New Forbes Power Women.
# michelle-obama - Thursday 16 September, 2010
Carla ‘says’ Michelle Obama hates being the first lady, according to book
A revealing – and incredibly indiscreet – book about Carla Bruni spills the beans on her marriage, her love life, and her seemingly endless ambitions.
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US politician apologises for comments about Michelle Obama’s bottom
Republican Jim Sensenbrenner sparked a scandal by saying publicly that Obama had a “large posterior”.
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