ICE and the Irish

In recent weeks, the story of Kilkenny man Seamus Culleton has come to the fore as an Irishman living and working in the US who is being detained by the US immigration police ICE.

He has described the conditions in the detention centre as like a "modern-day concentration camp" but, since his story came to the public's attention, reports have emerged relating to Mr Culleton's past including his estranged daughters and cases before the courts.

While he has been granted a temporary reprieve from deportation from the US, Mr Culleton said he would like Taoiseach Micheál Martin to raise his case with US President Donald Trump during his meeting in March for St Patrick’s Day.

Irish Examiner political reporter Tadgh McNally joins the pod to talk about the case and the wider context ahead of the White House visit.

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