Ahern urges Bush to help illegal Irish workers

PRESIDENT George W Bush was today being urged to ease the plight of up to 50,000 illegal Irish immigrants in the US as Bertie Ahern visited the White House.

Ahern urges Bush to help illegal Irish workers
Sun, 16 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent, Washington DC

The Taoiseach was raising the matter as he arrived in Washington DC for the annual St Patrick’s Day shamrock presentation in the Oval Office.

The move came as Senator Hillary Clinton’s role in the Northern peace process again led to bitter exchanges with her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination Barack Obama.

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