Actress rejects US award over illegal Irish remarks
Ms Flanagan — who was set to be honoured by the US-Ireland Alliance — backed out in the wake of comments made by alliance president Trina Vargo about the undocumented Irish in the US.
In November, Ms Vargo sparked a firestorm of criticism when she attacked the work of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform and said the undocumented Irish did not deserve support.
