Yet another Irish US President

[John]

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[Dermot]

[Dermot]

For once our local councillors are ahead of the game…

Obama centre proposed for Moneygall

The Irish ancestral home of US President-elect Barack Obama may become a heritage centre.

The site in the centre of Moneygall in Co Offaly is owned by the county council.

But councillors have proposed that it be withdrawn from sale and used as the location for a centre to mark the town's connection to the first black US president.

Sen Obama's distant cousin Henry Healy, whose family formerly owned the site, thinks it is a great idea.

Mr Healy also said he would be attending the US President-elect's inauguration on Tuesday

Source: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0116/obamab.html

[Dermot]

Today, Barack Obama will not simply take the oath to become the 44th president of the United States. He will serve as both emcee and epicentre of the most socially networked moment in political history. Can the social networks handle the expected traffic?

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