Taoiseach ‘too busy’ to meet over Rossport Five
Mayo County Council requested a meeting with Mr Ahern last month to see what could be done for the so-called Rossport Five - James P Philbin, Philip and Vincent McGrath, Willie Corduff, and Micheál Ó Seighin - who have now entered their fifth week in Dublin’s Cloverhill Prison.
The Taoiseach’s secretary recently acknowledged receipt of the request, but said Mr Ahern was “too busy to meet them at this time”.