US first lady and daughters Malia and Sasha have a pub lunch with Bono and Ali Hewson in U2 frontman’s local pub.

Leaders of the world’s most powerful countries feasted on local Northern Irish delicacies at the end of the first day of the G8 summit in Lough Erne.

The US First Lady flew into Dublin Airport with daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, after her appearance in Belfast, before travelling to Trinity College to learn more about the family’s Irish heritage and ancestry.

President Barack Obama urged Northern Ireland’s politicians today to keep working towards a permanent peace.

Medics missed an early opportunity to terminate the pregnancy of a woman who later died from septic shock when she suffered a miscarriage in an Irish hospital, a scathing report has found.

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has urged anti G8 protesters to maintain peace on the streets next week.

Mayor of Drogheda says town in Co Louth is devastated as he questions why Adrian Bayley was “at large” in the community.

Ireland’s Catholic bishops have claimed people are being misled in the debate over planned abortion law reform.

President Michael D Higgins says he is concerned that elected parliaments are often overruled by the markets.

Taoiseach says “radical change and reform” needed to bring Ireland into the 21st century, as he announces plans for a referendum to abolish the Seanad.