SF representative gets US visa waiver

SINN FÉIN'S Washington representative, Rita O'Hare, has been granted a visa waiver to the US a month after a similar application was rejected.

Because of past IRA associations, Ms O'Hare is ineligible for a visa. But it had been US State Department practice for several years to grant her a waiver, allowing her to travel to the US and carry out party business there.

Last month, however, the US State Department rejected an application from Ms O'Hare.