Charlie Flanagan ‘to make Irish views known’ to senior Republicans

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan will press senior Republicans in the US about the thousands of undocumented Irish when he visits Washington this week.

In the first visit by a Government member since US president Donald Trump’s inauguration, Mr Flanagan will meet Irish-American politicians. The visit comes amid uproar over Mr Trump’s immigration ban.

Mr Flanagan said the immigration restrictions “could have far-reaching implications — both on humanitarian grounds and on relations between the US and the global Muslim community.”