WHEN you’re in a hole, the old saying goes, you should stop digging. Michael McDowell cited it recently, as he elegantly side-stepped public odium by allowing Nigerian student Kunle Elukanlo back into the country.

The Residents Against Racism group has condemned the Government following reports that deportation papers have been served on another Nigerian family in Athlone.

Activists campaigning against the deportation of asylum seekers have mounted a protest outside the Progressive Democrats' headquarters in Dublin.

TEACHERS yesterday stood by returned deportee Kunle Elukanlo, after it emerged the young Nigerian was arrested last year at Dublin airport.