Hope for stranded Irish

Recent political moves have provided grounds for optimism that the millions of undocumented in the US, including many thousands of young Irish people, may soon become ‘legal’, writes Larry Donnelly

ALTHOUGH I have lived in Ireland since 2001, I was born and raised on Boston’s southern fringe in what remains the “most Irish” area in the US.

This populace includes not just those who, like me, identify themselves as Irish-Americans, but many who are Irish-born. A majority of my friends’ parents are Irish emigrants, having opted for a new life in Boston as young people in the 1950s and 1960s.