Irish detainee Cliona Ward 'building community' with women in Washington centre

In an update to a GoFundMe launched on Cliona’s behalf, Ms Holladay said that her sister has been moved from the holding cell, where she had been held since her arrest on April 21, to a pod in the detention centre.

Irish detainee Cliona Ward has been “elevated and empowered” by the support she has received since being arrested by US immigration and customs enforcement officials last month, according to her family.

Cliona’s sister Orla Holladay, who also lives in the US, said Cliona is “building community and support” with the women she has been detained alongside, and that she “wants to help all of them”.