The man who swore President Obama into office on the steps of the US Capitol building last week, Chief Justice of the USA, John G Roberts, has strong County Limerick connections. His mother-in-law, Kathleen O’Sullivan (nee O’Carroll) comes from Newtownbarry, Charleville and Roberts and his wife Jane have a vacation home in Knocklong.

A new profile in Newsweek of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts describes him as a “raucous Irish dancer” and says ceili or Irish set dancing is how he unwinds from his hectic schedule at the court.