Govt hints Obama visit will exceed five hours

The Government has dismissed reports that US President Barack Obama will spend just five hours in Ireland.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2011 - 21:20

The Government has dismissed reports that US President Barack Obama will spend just five hours in Ireland.

Despite a team of US security and diplomatic personnel surveying the President’s ancestral village of Moneygall, Co Offaly, yesterday, the White House and Irish government remain tight-lipped about the timing of the trip.

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