Taoiseach: US citizenship moves cannot just apply to Irish people

Meanwhile, the Taoiseach has been forced to cancel some of his events in the United States, due to winter storms and threats of up to two feet of snow.

Any future pathway to securing citizenship for the thousands of undocumented Irish living in the United States should also be offered to other illegal immigrants, Enda Kenny has urged.

The Taoiseach acknowledged the administration in Washington should not pick and choose in regard to which nationalities living in the US without permission could secure clarity around their status.