The biggest umbrella group for the Irish in Britain has told how many elderly people living there fear deportation in the wake of Brexit.

Health workers in Britain “don’t bother” to understand Irish patients, who suffer higher levels of long-term illness, death rates from terminal diseases and mental ill-health, the Dáil heard today.

The Federation of Irish Societies in Britain has warned young people not to move to England without getting proper advice.

THE RTÉ Prime Time TV programme on Irish emigrants to Britain, shown late last year, stirred the consciousness of the Irish at home and raised awareness of the problems of some members of our community in the Britain.