Obama's armour-plated limo gets stuck at U.S. Embassy

It's designed to protect the President from terror attacks but Barack Obama was left red-faced after one of his armour-plated Cadillacs was brought to a halt as it left the U.S. Embassy in Dublin.

The gigantic bomb-proof General Motors vehicle, with eight-inch thick steel on its door, didn't even make it as far as the road outside the consulate.

The car had to be abandoned after the collision in front of waving crowds while Mr Obama and his wife were en route to his ancestral home in County Offaly.

Embarrassing: One of Barack Obama's fleet of armoured cars gets stuck on the ramp of the exit of the U.S embassy in Ballsbridge Co.Dublin

Stuck: The 'terror-proof' Cadillac fails to even make it on to the road outside the U.S. Embassy in Dublin

Visit: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his wife Fionnuala at Farmleigh House in Dublin